Putin denounces “an internal betrayal”
“We will defend our country from any provocation, including internal betrayal,” announced the master of the Kremlin, who compared this situation with the 1917 civil war in Russia, during the First World War. He even speaks of a “stab in the back”.
“Those who have betrayed will have to answer for their actions”, insists Putin, who announces “punishments”.
The speech of the Russian president was very brief, about 5 minutes, during which he clearly chose to defend the senior ranks of his army, thus releasing the one who was nicknamed “the cook of the Kremlin”, Yevgeny Prigojine.