Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that Putin was 'paying the price for something he created' after Wagner troops challenged the Kremlin's authority.
Prigozhin led his private mercenaries in an attempted rebellion against the Kremlin for less than 24 hours before a deal was brokered to avoid Russian bloodshed. In exchange for turning his troops away from Moscow, Prigozhin agreed to leave the country for Belarus and said Monday that the armed coupof the Russian Ministry of Defense's forced deal to have his troops sign contracts with the government by July 1.
Putin also addressed his nation on Monday, delivering his first public statements since calling Prigozhin's actions"treasonous" over the weekend. The Russian leader has kept a relatively low profile during the turmoil, however, as some experts argue that the recent conflict may pose a threat to Putin'sRussian President Vladimir Putin meets with the country's top security officials in Moscow on June 26, 2023.
Panetta added during his conversation with Marquardt that Putin is"paying the price for something he created" after facing a direct challenge from Prigozhin, who previously shared a close relationship and support system with the Russian president. "I think the bottom line here, Alex, is that Putin is the one who's paying a price for something he created," Panetta said."He's the one who put together the Wagner group...He's deployed them to Asia, to Africa, to Ukraine, where they've committed all kinds of
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