Borrell on Prigozhin's rebellion: Putin bitten by his own monster, Russia is biggest threat to world

Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, believes that the attempted mutiny of the Wagner Group revealed the weakness of the current regime in Russia and showed that this state is the biggest threat to world security.

Source: Borrell in a recent blog, published on the website of European External Action Service

According to the top EU diplomat, the attempted mutiny in the Russian Federation showed that the aggressive war against Ukraine weakened Vladimir Putin's regime much more than previously thought, and also showed the depth of the split in the Russian army and state apparatus.

Quote: "Putin created a monster, and now the monster has bitten him. The fact that a state-funded group of mercenaries opened fire on the regular state army illustrates the degree of pathology of Putin’s Russia," Borrell noted.

Even if this attempted coup ultimately failed, Putin has suffered a serious loss of authority, with real consequences for the future.

"But here comes another lesson learnt from the ongoing Russian war of aggression: Putin’s Russia represents the biggest threat to European and global security and its nuclear arsenal makes it not less but more dangerous for the entire civilised world," Borrell emphasised.

He also urged everyone to closely watch the events in Belarus, where part of the Wagner fighters are supposed to go, and the reaction of the Kremlin's allies in the war against Ukraine, especially China, as they could also reconsider their attitude towards Russia and Putin.

Background: At the end of June, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner private military company, started and then cancelled the mutiny, which originated from his acute criticism of the Russian military leadership.

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