McCarthy Says Putin Looks Weaker After Wagner Group Rebellion
Vladimir Putin in Moscow on June 27.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that the challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin from the Wagner mercenary group over the weekend showed that he has become “isolated” and “slow to make decisions.”
In an interview Tuesday on CNBC, the California Republican said that Putin in the past would never have allowed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to become powerful enough to mount a mutiny against the Russian government.