CIA chief denies US involvement in Wagner mutiny.
CIA Director Reassures Kremlin: U.S. Not Involved in Wagner Mutiny
CIA Director William Burns recently reached out to Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, to dispel any notions of U.S. involvement in the Wagner mutiny against Russian leadership, according to U.S. officials. The Wall Street Journal reports that Burns made it clear that the United States did not contribute to internal tensions within Russia, as part of a broader effort by the White House to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin of their innocence in the failed mercenary revolt led by Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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One official relayed the message from the CIA chief, stating, “The U.S. wasn’t involved. This is an internal Russian matter.” The details of the rest of the conversation between the two spy directors remain undisclosed, with a White House official stating, “We’re not going to get into specifics of individual diplomatic discussions.”
The Wagner Group’s uprising against Putin and the Kremlin lasted only one day before a truce was brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Prigozhin, who reportedly led the revolt due to mistreatment and mismanagement of his soldiers by the Kremlin, was exiled to Belarus as part of the agreement.
Earlier this week, President Joe Biden publicly stated that neither the U.S. nor Ukraine played a role in the Russian betrayal. He emphasized the importance of not giving Putin any excuse to blame the West or NATO, stating, “We made clear that we were not involved. We had nothing to do with it. This was part of a struggle within the Russian system.”
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