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Putin > enemies. Putin says enemies wanted Russia to ‘choke on civil strife’. As a Russian president. He attacks ‘organisers of rebellion’ after Yevgeny Prigozhin also makes first public appearance since incident Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/j...iny-russia

Vladimir Putin has claimed that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s uprising was “doomed to fail” and said the country showed “unity” in the face of a “treacherous” rebellion.

In an unscheduled late night televised address late on Monday, a visibly angry Putin said: “Any blackmail or way to bring confusion to Russia is doomed to failure … I made steps to avoid large-scale bloodshed.”