<p>The Wagner Group&#8217;s uprising revealed weakness in the Russian regime led by President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vladimir-putin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vladimir Putin</a>, according to Secretary of State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/antony-blinken" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Antony Blinken</a>.</p>
<p>Across multiple talk show appearances on Sunday morning, Blinken repeated a similar message about how the brief rebellion is evidence of Putin losing his grip on power.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think you have seen cracks emerge that weren&#8217;t there before,&#8221; Blinken said during an interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;I think you&#39;ve seen cracks emerge that weren&#39;t there before.&quot;</p>
<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with CNN&#39;s Dana Bash on the abandoned mutiny of the Wagner Group in Russia and what this could mean for Russian President Vladimir Putin. <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNNSotu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNSOTU</a> <a href="https://t.co/lQnU5UYuFs">pic.twitter.com/lQnU5UYuFs</a></p>
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<p>Blinken noted how Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, when he began the revolt on Friday, claimed Russia&#8217;s stated justifications for the invasion of Ukraine were based on false pretenses.</p>
<p>&#8220;Prigozhin himself in this entire incident has raised profound questions about the very premises for Russia&#8217;s aggression against Ukraine in the first place, saying that Ukraine or NATO did not pose a threat to Russia, which is part of Putin&#8217;s narrative,&#8221; Blinken said on CBS News&#8217;s &#8220;Face the Nation.&#8221; &#8220;And it was a direct challenge to Putin&#8217;s authority. So this raises profound questions.&#8221;</p>
<p>Though Putin went so far as to accuse the Wagner Group of <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/24/putin-vows-to-punish-those-involved-in-mutiny-accuses-them-of-treason.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;treason&#8221;</a> and said there <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/06/24/1184147525/putin-wagner-treason-rebellion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">would be consequences</a>, a deal to de-escalate the situation was announced on Saturday. Prigozhin told his soldiers to stop their march on Moscow while the Kremlin said Russia would <a href="https://tass.com/politics/1637957" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drop its criminal case</a> against Prigozhin.</p>
<p>During an appearance on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press,&#8221; Blinken said &#8220;it is too soon to tell&#8221; what happens next. &#8220;But certainly, we have all sorts of new questions that Putin is going to have to address in the weeks and months ahead,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Asked if the United States is prepared for the fall of Putin&#8217;s government and whether Russia&#8217;s nuclear stockpile is secure, Blinken insisted the Biden administration is ready.</p>
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<p>&#8220;We always prepare for every contingency in terms of what happens in Russia. It&#8217;s an internal matter for the Russians to figure out,&#8221; Blinken said on CBS.</p>
<p>&#8220;Of course, when we&#8217;re dealing with a major power, and especially a major power that has nuclear weapons, that&#8217;s something that&#8217;s of concern, something we&#8217;re very focused on,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We haven&#8217;t seen any change in Russia&#8217;s nuclear posture. There hasn&#8217;t been any change in ours, but it&#8217;s something we&#8217;re going to watch very, very carefully.&#8221;</p>

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