Putin is “weakened and strengthened” as a result of Prigozhin’s uprising, according to Polish MEP Radek Sikorski.
Speaking to BBC 5Live Breakfast, Sikorski said Putin’s vulnerabilities were exposed when “a group of armed men were able to cross [thousands of] kilometres of Russia hardly challenged”.
But, Sikorski said the Russian leader will now “probably purge those who he saw as wavering”, meaning his regime will become “more authoritarian and more brutal at the same time”.
We’re waiting to see how the Kremlin reacts to what’s happened this weekend. We’ll bring you more news – and analysis – as it happens.