{"id":1956529,"date":"2023-06-25T11:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T15:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-sees-cracks-emerge-in-putins-hold-on-russia\/"},"modified":"2023-06-25T11:56:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T15:56:34","slug":"blinken-sees-cracks-emerge-in-putins-hold-on-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-sees-cracks-emerge-in-putins-hold-on-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken spots cracks in Putin&#8217;s grip on Russia."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblinken-sees-cracks-emerge-in-putins-hold-on-russia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1956529&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Wagner Group\u2019s 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>\n<p>Across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-sees-cracks-emerge-in-putins-hold-on-russia\/\" title=\"Blinken spots cracks in Putin's grip on Russia.\">multiple talk show appearances<\/a> on Sunday morning, Blinken repeated a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impeachment-managers-deliver-scathing-attacks-on-president-trump-despite-history-of-dem-hypocrisies\/\" title=\"Impeachment managers deliver scathing attacks on President Trump despite history of Dem hypocrisies\">similar message<\/a> about how the brief rebellion is evidence of Putin losing his grip on power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you have seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-irish-parliament-lets-go-lick-the-world\/\" title=\"Biden to Irish Parliament: Let's Go Lick the World!\">cracks emerge<\/a> that weren\u2019t there before,\u201d Blinken said during an interview on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I think you&#8217;ve seen cracks emerge that weren&#8217;t there before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with CNN&#8217;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&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CNNSOTU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lQnU5UYuFs\">pic.twitter.com\/lQnU5UYuFs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1672958043708088320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Blinken noted how Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, when he began the revolt on Friday, claimed Russia\u2019s stated justifications for the invasion of Ukraine were based on false pretenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrigozhin himself in this entire incident has raised profound questions about the very premises for Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine in the first place, saying that Ukraine or NATO did not pose a threat to Russia, which is part of Putin\u2019s narrative,\u201d Blinken said on CBS News\u2019s \u201cFace the Nation.\u201d \u201cAnd it was a direct challenge to Putin\u2019s authority. So this raises profound questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<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\">\u201ctreason\u201d<\/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>\n<p>During an appearance on NBC News\u2019 \u201cMeet The Press,\u201d Blinken said \u201cit is too soon to tell\u201d what happens next. \u201cBut certainly, we have all sorts of new questions that Putin is going to have to address in the weeks and months ahead,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the United States is prepared for the fall of Putin\u2019s government and whether Russia\u2019s nuclear stockpile is secure, Blinken insisted the Biden administration is ready.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always prepare for every contingency in terms of what happens in Russia. It\u2019s an internal matter for the Russians to figure out,\u201d Blinken said on CBS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, when we\u2019re dealing with a major power, and especially a major power that has nuclear weapons, that\u2019s something that\u2019s of concern, something we\u2019re very focused on,\u201d he added. \u201cWe haven\u2019t seen any change in Russia\u2019s nuclear posture. There hasn\u2019t been any change in ours, but it\u2019s something we\u2019re going to watch very, very carefully.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in the Russian regime with this uprising by the Wagner Group,&#8221; said Secretary of State Antony Blinken. He emphasized this point during various talk show appearances, highlighting how the rebellion signifies President Putin&#8217;s diminishing control. &#8220;It&#8217;s clear that Putin&#8217;s grip on power is slipping,&#8221; Blinken stated, underscoring the weakness exposed by the recent events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1956530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1956529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1956529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1956530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}