He said the insurrection by Wagner mercenaries was part of an internal Russian power-struggle and the West was not involved in it. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Speaking in a wide-ranging, hour-long interview with ARD broadcaster, Mr Scholz echoed US President Joe Biden in sayingand the West was not involved in it.
“I do believe he is weakened as this shows that the autocratic power structures have cracks in them and he is not as firmly in the saddle as he always asserts,” Mr Scholz said. Asked about the impact of the mutiny on the Ukraine war, the German chancellor said the pre-condition for successful peace talks was“Whether this has become easier or harder through these events is not really clear,” he said, in the interview recorded on Wednesday afternoon for airing later in the evening.
Mr Scholz said he did not want to participate in speculation about how long Mr Putin would likely remain in office, saying the West’s aim in supporting Ukraine was to help it defend itself,Russian intelligence services were investigating whether Western spy agencies played a role in the aborted mutiny, the Tass news agency quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Monday.
Mr Scholz said he had spoken on Saturday not just with the leaders of the United States, France and Britain but also with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.Remote video URL
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