Putin’s Bid to Reassert Kremlin Authority Is Showing Cracks
- Russian general close to Prigozhin is still being questioned
- EU foreign minister: ‘A weaker Putin is a greater danger’
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A week after an abortive uprising by a mercenary chief shook his authority, Vladimir Putin’s efforts to reassert his control are showing cracks.
Infighting spread within the security establishment as the Russian president moved on senior players thought to have supported the 24-hour mutiny by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. One top general was detained for questioning, according to people familiar with the moves.