JRL NEWSWATCH: “C.I.A. Chief Says Wagner Mutiny Revived Questions About Putin’s Rule” – New York Times

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“William J. Burns gave the most detailed public account yet by a U.S. official of the damage done to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia by last month’s uprising by the mercenary group”

“… [C.I.A. Director] Burns … said that for much of the 36 hours of the [Wagner] rebellion last month, Russian security services, the military and decision makers ‘appeared to be adrift.’ ‘For a lot of Russians …, used to this image of Putin as the arbiter of order, the question was, “Does the emperor have no clothes?”‘ … ‘Or, at least, “Why is it taking so long for him to get dressed?”‘ … Burns’s remarks on the Kremlin’s paralysis during the uprising … built on comments … from … British [chief of MI6] Richard Moore, … who said the rebellion showed cracks in [] Putin’s rule. …”

Burns indicated that the United States had prior notice of a potential uprising.

He now suggests that Putin will try to preserve the existence of the Wagner forces and their combat readiness, but try to separate them from Prigozhin.

Click here for: “C.I.A. Chief Says Wagner Mutiny Revived Questions About Putin’s Rule; William J. Burns gave the most detailed public account yet by a U.S. official of the damage done to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia by last month’s uprising by the mercenary group” – New York Times/ Julian E. Barnes, David E. Sanger

[featured photos further up are file photos; Prigozhin photos are from Prigozhin’s FBI Most Wanted poster]