State officials and foreign ministers weighed in on the news that the mercenary Wagner Group and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, have started a march towards Moscow and that Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to crush any rebellion.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted on Saturday, “Spoke today with G7 Foreign Ministers and the E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to discuss the ongoing situation in Russia. The United States will stay in close coordination with Allies and partners as the situation continues to develop.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry also issued a statement Saturday warning all Western countries “against any hint of possible use of the domestic situation to achieve their Russophobic goals.”
“Such attempts are futile and will not find a response either in Russia or among sane political forces abroad,” the statement read. “We are convinced that in the near future the situation will find its solution, worthy of the age-old…
