Vladimir Putin to seek revenge against Wagner chief? CIA director says...

Following the aborted mutiny by Wagner chief, Russian president Vladimir Putin is buying time before he takes revenge against Yevgeny Prigozhin, Hindustan Times said quoting CIA director William Burns.

Burns further added that Wagner group's mutiny highlighted the weakness that Russia has which could harm Putin's carefully crafted image.

Notably, In his revolt that began on June 23 and lasted less than 24 hours, Prigozhin's mercenaries captured the military headquarters in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don without firing a shot and then moved as close as 200 kilometres (125 miles) of Moscow.

However, Wagner chief ordered his troops back to their camps after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko brokered a deal to end the rebellion in exchange for an amnesty for Prigozhin and his fighters and a permission to relocate to Belarus.

With PTI Inputs