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viewers joining us in the united states, and all around the world, i'm rosemary church. ahead uneasy chomp over the streets of moscow days after armed insurrection that ended quickly as it started. questions remain about putin's grip on power. the short term revolt in russia could have long-term effects on the country's war in kaine, how kiev is looking to take advantage of the chaos and after staying largely silent beijing voices its support for the kremlin. >> live from cnn center, this is cnn news room. with rosemary church. >> good to have you with us. questions and uncertainty hanging over russia at this hour, after an armed insurrection over the weekend rattled the country and uth leader exposing what some call

cracks in vladimir putin's 23 year rule. the streets are quiet but anxiety gripped the city saturday after wagner group mercenaries marched toward moscow a deal brought to an end and whereabouts of head yevgeny prigozhin remains a mystery. his news service told cnn he will answer questions whether he has quote proper communication. one thing is clear the insurrection marks the most serious threat we have seen to putin's rule. >> this is just an added chapter to a very, very bad book that putin has written for russia but what is so striking about it is it's internal, the fact that you have from within, some one directly questioning putin's authority, directly questioning the premises upon which he launched this aggression against ukraine. that in and of itself is

something very powerful. it adds cracks where those go when they get there too soon to say but it clearly raises new questions that putin has to deal with. >> and experts warning the rare uprising by wagner group mercenaries could consequences down the line with so much uncertain. cnn's matthew chance reports from moscow. [shouting]. >> for the kremlin these are some of the most disturbing scenes from a weekend of shocking images. [gunfire] >> from the streets of a major russian city in the south, residents cheered wagner fighters as they with drew. many russians see them as heroes. wagner's leader yevgeny prigozhin has become a celebrity

too. his supporters held down his car to shake hands. the kremlin says he's moving to belarus but it's unclear this is the last we will see of him. what is definite though is a sense of relief, at least here in the russian capital. it's calm now but in the mayhem of the week, moscow was on high alert, military checkpoints on the outskirts of the city, residents racing for wagner fighters to enter and the confrontation that never came. [speaking foreign language] >> it was really uneasy yesterday, says andré. but look now. people are walking in the streets and it's all good. let's hope it will stay peaceful. even here this sympathy for yevgeny prigozhin's unprecedented challenge advertise tirade's against the conducts of the war in ukraine appears to have struck a popular

chord. i think it was an expression of an opinion says another resident of moscow an opinion after powerful person who wants some justice and clarity the belief yevgeny prigozhins should be listened to is widely shared here but that' kremlin wants to hear. vladimir putin has not appeared in public since making his angry pledge on saturday filledscenes by state television, to punish those responsible for what he called an armed mutiny, the biggest challenge to his authority in 23 years of power. but now that challenge has been made, there are growing gerns what a defensive president putin stunned by the events this weekend will do next, to stay in power. another question tonight is where is mercenary leader

yevgeny prigozhin? the kremlin says he agreed to moved to belarus but officials there say they don't of details when he would arrive. yevgeny prigozhin's office telling cnn he's currently out of contact and will respond to questions only later. >> and cnn's claire sebastian joins me from london so claire ana board insurrection a deal made with yevgeny prigozhin but now we don't know where the wagner leader is and vladimir putin hasn't been seen nor heard from. so what is the the latest on all this? >> radio silence rosemary from president putin since he made that angry saturday morning address, promise inevitable punishment for those in the rebellion. the deal to send yevgeny prigozhin to belarus and cancel charges against him announced by

putin spokesman not the president himself, interesting also that state media add a pre-insurrection interview with president putin where she said his starts and ends with the special ministry operation trying to show he's still in control of the situation, no public statement from the military top brass head of the armed forces and operation in ukraine and defense minister the so-called evil leadership, the march for justice as he calls it designed to stop. however this morning, the russian ministry defense has put out video saying that the defenseman did visit the zone of the special military operation the western group of troops there. they did not however say when and we cannot verify this video but he's essentially trying to

play yevgeny prigozhin at his game. and he has criticized the russian leadership being out of touch. as for yevgeny prigozhin he said he would be back in touch with the media when he has proper communication. there's no indication yet he has accepted that exile in belarus. >> and claire what will likely happen to the wagner group with yevgeny prigozhin in exile? >> this is interesting rosemary because the russian leadership has not disa vowed the wagner group as a whole both putin and his spokesman called the wagner fighters responsible for what they call deliberation of territories the head of the state duma committee for defense gave an interview on sunday why would we disband this group? they are the most combat-ready part of the russian forces and

to disarm you couldn't think of a better gift for nato and the ukranians. i think it's significant that yevgeny prigozhin is apparently being sent to belarus where russia staged part of its initial invasion of ukraine and continues to do military exercised putting nukes in belarus, they could have sent them further away from the zone of the special military operation but it think there are questions for yevgeny prigozhin having led his fighters on this march toward moscow only to abort the mission, there may be questions of his leadership of this group going forward. >> thanks to claire sebastian live from london. u.s. president joe biden has spoken with ukranian president volodymyr zelenskyy about the developments in russia saying mr. biden reaffirmed unwavering support for ukraine and spoke about ukraine's counteroffensive as well as continued aid from

the united states. president zelenskyy has discussed russia's internal conflict with other world leaders including canadian prime minister justin trudeau. on the front lines, ukraine's military claims to have gained some ground around bathmut. ukraine president says russia's crisis is the result of its own aggression [speaking foreign language] >> the longer the russian aggression lasts the more trouble it causes in russia itself. in our conversations with the leaders we have exchange our assessment of what is happening in russia. we see the situation in the same

way and know how to respond. >> cnn's ben has the front line battles in ukraine. >> after the brief but intense drama in russia, it's back to the war in ukraine. while wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin was on the rampage against his foes in moscow officials in kiev were largely silent following napoleon's advice never interrupt your enemy while he's making mistake. many ukranians entertain the hope that civil war in russia would lead to early end of the war but yevgeny prigozhin's sudden about face dashed those hopes. sunday ukranian presidential adviser said in an interview he was hoping for something more concrete, perhaps a civil war in russia. he said, he was still confident that will eventually happen.

while attention was diverted away from the front the fighting went on. sunday ukranian officials claimed their forces had seized a kilometer stretch of trenches near bakhmut saying they killed wounded or captured a battalion. the much anticipated counteroffensive has yet to hit its stride. i'm ben wedeman cnn. >> we want to go now to maria the head of regional security and conflict studies for the democratic initiatives foundation in kiev and is research fellow at the london school of economics. appreciate you joining us. >> good morning from london. >> so, after an extraordinary 36 hours yevgeny prigozhin's armed

rebellion came to sudden end but not before significant damage had been done to the leadership of president vladimir putin. what is being said in ukraine about russia's brief insurrection and how might this affect the way this war plays out? i mean you would have been talking to your contacts obviously in ukraine. >> actually in ukraine, the main direction was focussed on the political damage and the image of us so to say strong regime of mr. putin as it was perceived in many countries including in the west and example this rebellion shows the institutional system under mr. putin was taingt in this first day of the mutiny attempt that the system which putin actually tried to build up when all the branches of security law enforcement bodies

intelligence are all divided and dependent end. he tried to prevent any possibility for mutiny against him and actually in the time of the crisis which definitely wasn't yevgeny prigozhin started this mutiny none of this institution of this divided separation was capable of reacting in a flexible and strong way immediately and actually moscow seemed to be not protected actually and yevgeny prigozhin stopped because he couldn't actually. he could drive to moscow but logistically he wouldn't be able to conduct any let's say military battle around or in moscow so it's a different story but let's say from ukranian point of view the main damage which was done is it becomes obvious not only for those who support ukraine but also for those who try somehow to back putin, the system is not that strong as putin always claims

and the country is not, let's say, institutionly fully controlled by this person. >> so, yevgeny prigozhin's 25,000 wagner fighters came within 125 miles of moscow, putting intense pressure on putin, who initially accused yevgeny prigozhin of being a traitor and offered a deal to drop charges against him in exchange for stopping this insurrection and moving to belarus in exile. so it's unclear where he is right now, but can yevgeny prigozhin even survive this, given he also criticized putin's failed war in ukraine? he says, russia shouldn't be there. so what will likely happen to yevgeny prigozhin do you think? >> first of all, it's not necessarily true that yevgeny prigozhin will completely stick to the agreement to the

political deal which was achieved actually because wagner is not just yevgeny prigozhin. these are several dozens of highly motivated and organized people, who are armed at least as of now, and the fact that the defense minister of russia is going to incorporate most of these people into their regular russian army doesn't mean this plan will be fulfilled so yes, secondly putin contrived to eliminate yevgeny prigozhin physically because this is normally normal tactics for russia. they've been doing that to people who made much less damage to the regime and they did that under challenges of nato members within last 5-6 years so yevgeny prigozhin is not necessarily will have some kind of political security in the territory of belarus but basically the

question which is still anand maybe won't be answered in the near future is actually whether someone from around putin's elite supported covertly the yevgeny prigozhin rebellion because actually the yevgeny prigozhin group was always saying he had not enough arms, not enough weapons. he started such a huge operation most probably having at least latent support or promised future support from some one who still has leverage and is within the system around mr. putin on a much higher level than yevgeny prigozhin because he's not part of the democratic system and in russia in a totalitarian state only people who have posts who have positions and institutional systems have much influence as

anybody else. if some of the people were backing yevgeny prigozhin it means the story really is not added yet. >> of course we have no evidence to suggest that at this juncture but ukraine says yevgeny prigozhin's wagner uprising in russia is the first stage of dismantling putin's regime. do you agree with that assessment? >> i agree, because basically if we remember that all the way since russia invaded ukraine we have been hearing from many foreign countries like ukraine and others trying to keep neutrality that russia cannot about defeated because the power of putin is so strong we have to stick to their interests. as of now there are two signals one to the countries and foreign audiencechy explained already that regime is not that kind it can be defeated. it can be and should be defeated and there will be no actually

survival of the state and everyone is fearing but on the other hand, there is a clear signal to political elite around putin. before this rebellion there was a general impression that even if the elite are not satisfied with how the war in ukraine is going on, but the price to oppose put than might be much higher for them personally and their people than just to stick to their official position. as of now they see many cracks in the system, lack of influence on the side of putin personally because basically, if part of the elite support yevgeny prigozhin or did the same to a more effective way, then the putin regime would collapse. it was very clear after this 24 heirs when yevgeny prigozhin was moving and system was not able to do anything, and the main mistake or the main problem of

yevgeny prigozhin is he realized a military rebellion in moscow and of course to try to do that you have to be much more capable in terms of logistics than have 10,000 of armed people move to moscow. >> maria zulkina thanks for joining us and we appreciate your analysis. [explosion] extreme weather on full display outside indianapolis, they will make it official after a survey team reports back monday. here's what it looked like for a fire company responding to reports of a collapsed building. officials say at least 75 homes have been damaged and apartment building under construction was destroyed. there are no reports of serious

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>> after a weekend of turmoil, russia is shoring up support from one of its closest allies, russia's deputy foreign minister met with china foreign minister

on a trip to beijing sunday. russian officials say the two spoke about the upheaval from the yevgeny prigozhin insurrection with china affirming the need to strengthen unity and prosperity. anna joins me from hong kong. what are you learning about china support for russia in the wake thereof aborted armed rebellion? >> yes, a day after that end to the insurrection threatening vladimir putin's grip on power greatest ally china broke silence issuing support for the kremlin. after closely watching the gravest challenge to puts in's 23 year rule chinese foreign ministry issued a strong statement on line late evening local time. it said, this is russia's internal affair. as russia is friendly neighbor and comprehensive he have streenl i can partner and coordination for the new era

china supports russia in maintaining national stability and achieving development and prosperity. but for an unexpected visit by russia deputy foreign minister rudenko who met with chinese officials yesterday the two exchanged views on si fl o-russian relations and issues of concern, there was a photo of them side by side. russia claims this was part of a scheduled consultation. the chinese very interestingly did not announce the meeting before hand. now, xi jinping and vladimir putin have developed a close personal rapport over their shared ambition to challenge the u.s. led global order and february last year they declared a friendship with no limits before putin launched war on

ukraine. china has refused to condemn the invasion and provided diplomatic and economic support for russia much to the alarm of the west and also portrayed itself as a peace broker while deepening ties with moscow but some analysts believe that china will be closely monitoring the fallout of this aborted mutiny. a political scientist with australian national university says the wagner insurrection contradicts the narrative of putin as a strong leader who enjoys full support of his people and is here for the long haul as china's global partner of choice. if putin's rule is unstable than supporting him is bad business. now, on china's twitter-like platform, the wagner insurrection was a top trending topic over the weekend. >> thank to anna with that live

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>> back to our top story this hour, you are looking at images out of moscow, where russia appears to have been pulled back from the brink of chaos at least for now. the kremlin struck a deal to end an armed insurrection by the head of the wagner mercenary group, prls, the up rising

posing the most serious challenge to vladimir putin's rule since he came to power and russian defense ministry says defense minister sergei visited russian troops fighting in ukraine releasing this video of the visit but neither it nor state media indicated when they took place and cnn cannot verify its authenticity. the rebellion lasted less than 24 hours but long enough to bring into vladimir putin's aura of stability. ivan watson reports on how those crucial hours played out from beginning to end. >> a weekend of chaos and drama in russia. mercenaries declared a mutiny and then called it off in under 24 hours.

yevgeny prigozhin issued a call for rebellion, the head of the wagner mercenary group accusing top russian military commanders of gross mismanagement of the war in ukraine. then yevgeny prigozhin released video of an alleged russian airstrike on a wagner camp in ukraine, demanding revenge. russian defensemen denied the attack and soon russia top prosecutor announced criminal charges against yevgeny prigozhin. then in the early hours of saturday, yevgeny prigozhin followed through on his threat, sending his fighter across the border from ukraine back into russia. footage showed waggers in surrounding the military headquarters in the southern russian city of ryu ostov. some locals stood nearby watching. around 7:30 a.m. yevgeny prigozhin was shown dressing

down senior russian military leaders and issuing demands. >> again, we came here. we want to receive the chief of general staff. until they show up, we are located here, blockading the city of rostov and will go to moscow. >> video showed wagner troops hegdz north towards the capital along the way claiming control of military installations. footage showed at least one russian helicopter narrowly avoiding a missile. at 10 a.m. moscow time russian president vladimir putin addressed the nation calling the rebellion a stab in the back. >> all those who deliberately chose the path of trenchry, who chose armed muted any will face

inevitable punishment. >> the creme line announced counterterrorism measures tightening security in moscow. but by saturday night, suddenly a kremlin reversal, putin spokesman announced a deal. yevgeny prigozhin released an audio message saying his troops would turn around and goal back to field camps to avoid shedding russian blood. supporters chanted, wagner, as fighters drove out of rostov giving yevgeny prigozhin handshakes as he left in this suv. the kremlin says it's dropped charges and yevgeny prigozhin will go to belarus, while promising his fighters contracts with the russian military. for now a crisis apparently averted but this very public betrayal and the mercenary short but unimpeded march on moscow

reveals weakness of the regime. >> advisers saiz yevgeny prigozhin almost nullified putin with thin zurich's. cnn had more on what could be next for russia's leader. >> you have to say the odds are that putin will consolidate power around him, that he will be able to establish completes control than remember, yevgeny prigozhin has 25,000 people. putin's personal presidential guard has 200,000. the russian ar reply has hubs of thousands of people. all the regional governors all the major figures in russia back putin. there isn't a sense here of a downward spiral out of control. what we saw was a chink in the armor that seemed completely bulletproof. but let's note exaggerates. at this point it doesn't seem

more than and chink. you never know the thing jim that you and i know having watched these kind of regimes dictatorships like putin's have this quality when they're in place and in power they seem eternal and when they collapse, it is looks inevitable. >> cnn's farid speaking to jim earlier. for more i'm joined by stephen fish a professor of political science at u.c. berkeley. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> armed insurrection marching toward moscow no intervention from russian military and then stopped but not before yevgeny prigozhin causeth significant damage it is appears to vladimir putined leadership criticizing his failed war on ukraine. is this the beginning of the end for putin? >> it could well be. if you really look at this whole

thing in broader perspective it's remarkable that yevgeny prigozhin has always been parts of putin's efforts to attain his biggest goals, reestablishing the russian empire, raising russia's clout in the world and yevgeny prigozhin has turned on putin and that actually means a lot. remember, that the wagner troops those mercenaries that yevgeny prigozhin leads were formed in 2014 to help with russia's invasion and annexation of parth of east ukraine and crimea. then they actually went on to syria where puts inwas trying to expands influence in the middle east and helped battle there n. 2016 yevgeny prigozhins internet research agency was the big troll farm that actually you know invaded american social media on behalf of trump and sped all kinds of misinformation and attempted to deepen racial divides on trump's behalf.

putin may well using that research agency tip the election in trump's favor so he's all along been a parts of putin's plans. >> after calling him a traitor on saturday, putin has not been seen publicly, and nor has yevgeny prigozhin who was offered this deal for charges to be dropdz in exchange for endsing the insunshine,. . >> she compares conditions at russian with 1917 a

revolutionary situation and yevgeny prigozhin is rolling his troops on to moscow. he stops along the way and cuts a deal with putin. he knows he is not going to be able to take over moscow. putin can't stop him. he's setting up roadblocks and putin flees the city. he goes to a palace bunker in northern russia out of appear. what a contrast with president zelenskyy of ukraine. remember in the early stages of that conflict when russia invaded ukraine in the early weeks and headed toward kiev zelenskyy was offered safe passage from the city and said i need ammo, not a ride. putin took the ride in this case out of moscow and went and hunkered down in a palace bunker. mean time yevgeny prigozhin looks like the biggest gun in russia rolling towards moscow

endangering his life. his army chiefs are sitting back in their circumstances in moscow sending russian men to their death in this meat grinder not seeming to care of about it. putin no longer looks like the toughest guy in russia. remember in dictatorships like this the main man stays in power by looking tougher and stronger than everybody else and that's not what putin looks like today. >> certainly a stark contrast. we will see what happens next. steve fisher answer that for joining us knowledge appreciate your analysis. and still to come here on cnn news room belarus president has emerged as a deal makeer who helped stop the wagner uprising. we will have more on alexander lukashenko one of vladimir

putin's few allies in a moment.

>> welcome back everyone. the wagner group's armed rebellion against moscow began in southern russia the the streets were calm on sunday but lingering questions remain of vladimir putin's grip on power the same after wagner mercenaries took control of the local military headquarters early weekend. one resident shared his thoughts on the insurrection. >> it resolved quietly peacefully enough but of course it would have been better if it did not come to this situation. in my opinion, if it was possible to have troops not russian troops but a private military company march into the city and to seize several facilities, there's something that should be reconsidered. >> since the war in ukraine

began, six days and months ago russian president lukashenko has been one of vladimir putin's few close allies, but their relationship goes back further. nic robertson has more. >> alexander lukashenko rules belarus like a personal fiefdom president since its creation in 1994 he gets little opposition. dubbed last dick tear lukashenko has come to be defined by his fealty to russian president vladimir putin transforming belarus into a near vassal state. putin used lukashenko and belarus to help launch his 2022 invasion of ukraine, driving tanks over belarus's border

toward kiev and using belarussian skies to bomb ukraine. >> we will never look disapprovingly at russia. >> reality was the war deepened lukashenko's growing dependence on putin. lukashenko's floor 2020 election victory claiming 80 percent of the vote, described by western governments as fraudulent, triggered nationwide protests. get out, they shouted. he responded with force. the woman who ran against him, whose husband lukashenko will already jailed, fled the country. >> thousands of people are in prisons for repressions and one

day we can wake up and see that belarus has set a price for put. >> lukashenko called on putin for help and was bailed out but at a cost. >> most recently, putin tightening his grip, pledging to station nuclear weapons in belarus. luke putin lukashenko is a product of his soto upbringing. belarus often seems stuck in that past. unlike russia the kgb was never disbanded or renamed. before entering politics lukashenko ran a collective farm, later had himself filled as president, digging up carrots or potatoes to show he never forgot his roots but behind the

image lurked a thug. when a dissident was flying over the country in 2021 belarus air traffic control called in a bomb threat, causing the plane to land. the man was arrested. like so many dictator, lukashenko has an eye on the future, creating a dynasty, grooming his young son, sometimes dressed in a military uniform for leadership, often taking him to meetings with world leaders. his intervention to broker an apparent truce in russia and help putin by helping wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin suggests his own fate and his family's is more intertwined with russia than ever before. nicdeal could mean for their country.

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aspects of the incident, and it can make recommendations to the proper authorities to pursue civil or criminal sanctions as necessary. >> the submersible imploded on people on board. in greece, the ruling conservative party is celebrating after winning a resounding victory in sunday's election, securing a second four-year term. with nearly all the votes counted, the prime minister new democracy party got more than 40%. the president, who has led greece out of a severe debt crisis vowed to keep working for the country. >> translator: i now feel a heavier duty to serve the country, with all my strength. i never promise miracles, but i assure you that i will remain faithful to my national duty with a plan, with dedication,

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