Visibly Angry Putin Stresses Failure of Revolt

“With palpable anger, President Vladimir Putin of Russia made his first public comments since a paramilitary revolt was called off on Saturday, saying in a five-minute speech that the uprising led by Yevgeny Prigozhin — who he did not mention by name — failed because ‘the entire Russian society united and rallied everyone,” the New York Times reports.

Said Putin: “They wanted Russians to fight each other. They rubbed their hands, dreaming of taking revenge for their failures at the front and during the so-called counteroffensive. But they miscalculated.”