Putin appears to be on the prowl for good publicity in the aftermath of the Wagner Group armed uprising.
The Russian president has made two public appearances this week, just days after the Wagner mercenary group, led by former Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, staged an armed uprising against the Ministry of Defense.
The sudden oversaturation of Putin’s public presence has made Russia, fighting the escalating war in Ukraine and trying to manage its internal civil war, act as if everything is perfectly fine. It seems to be part of a strategic attempt to
Thousands of Wagner’s hired troops marched to Moscow on Saturday, but Prigogine eventually turned the army around, saying he wanted to avoid bloodshed. The Kremlin has agreed to drop criminal charges against Prigozhin in exchange for his exile to neighboring Belarus, but details of a delicate peace agreement remain murky.
Military experts told insiders that Wagner’s coup could very well be the beginning of the end of Putin’s decades-long reign.
on thursday The President of Russia attended the forum of the Agency for Strategic InitiativesThere, he visited an award-winning concept exhibition of new national brands to replace Western products, according to Russian state media TASS.
in a telegram postRussian state news agency TASS has shared a video of Putin operating the NexTouch interactive touchscreen.
With a pen in hand, the president scribbled a strange human face full of wavy skin, three strands of hair, and giant ears.
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And he signed his name under his masterpiece.
Thursday’s appearance took place the day after the Russian state television broadcast Putin meets with ‘hundreds’ in Derbent, Dagestan.
Putin’s unusually friendly demeanor, shaking hands with civilians and taking pictures with them, is strikingly consistent with the chaos that ravaged Moscow on Saturday.