The United States and its allies have nothing to do with events in the Russian Federation, the American leader emphasized.
The United States and allies were not involved in the Wagner rebellion in Russia. This was said by the American president, who commented on the rebellion of the head of the PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin, reports CNN.
Biden said he ordered the national security team to monitor the events in Russia that took place this weekend and report to him hourly on the situation. There is also a need to prepare for various developments.
In addition, the American leader held a conversation with the main partners of the US to ensure that the countries share a common position on this issue.
“We have to make sure that we have not given Putin any reason to blame the West for this or blame NATO for this. We have made it clear that we are not involved. We have nothing to do with this. This is part of the struggle within the Russian system,” Biden said.
At the same time, the head of the White House said that it is still not clear what happened in Russia.
“We will continue to assess the implications of this weekend’s events and the implications for Russia and Ukraine,” the US president added.
It will be recalled that on June 23, Prigozhin accused the Russian Ministry of Defense of hitting Wagner PMC camps and said he would join the fighters “to find out why lawlessness is happening in the country.”
On June 24, Prigogine staged a riot in Russia. Wagnerite columns moved to Moscow and shot down the planes and helicopters of the Russian army. But after negotiations with the formal leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Prigozhin returned the units to field camps.
The leader of the Wagnerites said that his mercenaries came to Moscow not to overthrow the government of the Russian Federation, but to show their protest.
Source: korrespondent
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