Has Vladimir Putin really regained control of his army?

An attempted rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group shook the Russian army on Saturday June 24. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke publicly. Has he really regained control of his troops? “In any case, this is the image he wants to give. He wants to pose as the guarantor of internal security. He says he did whatever it took to avoid bloodshed. And above all, what he says in this speech is that there was no malfunction, and that we must turn the page very quickly“, reports journalist Luc Lacroix, live from Moscow (Russia), Tuesday, June 27.

‘Obvious weaknesses’ revealed

“It is true that, in the immediate future, Vladimir Putin and the Russian state regained control of the situation, and that this armed rebellion died out as quickly as it had begun.“, continues the journalist. “But in 23 years in power, Vladimir Putin had never faced such a challenge, and this coup revealed obvious weaknesses in Russian power. Above all, Vladimir Putin seems a little less invulnerable today than a few days ago.“, concludes the journalist.