hello welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. we begin this morning with the weekend rebellion inside russia led by the wagner group of mercenary fighters. its chief yevgeny prigozhin ordered his troops to march towards moscow to seek revenge after accusing the military leadership of killing his forces and claiming to seize military sites in two russian cities and then claim within 125 miles of the capital but the insurrection came to an abrupt end when prigozhin said a deal was struck to avoid bloodshed. the kremlin said criminal charges against prigozhin will be dropped and he ll go in exile in belarus. but prigozhin himself hasn t confirmed any of that detail and russian state media report this morning that prigozhin remains under investigation for inciting the armed rebellion. the entire episode raises questions whether vladimir putin is losing his decades-long grip on power. cnn s nic robertson joins me n
invasion and provided much economic support for russia. and also portrayed itself as a peace broker but some analysts, max, believe that china will be closely monitoring the fallout of this aborted mutiny. a political scientist with the 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 supporting him is bad business. now on china s twitter-like platform weibo the wagner topic was a top topic over the weekend. anna, thank you for bringing that chinese perspective. the world now waiting for the kremlin s next year amid political implications, secretary of state antony
the kremlin said he s now moving to belarus next door, but it s unclear that this is the last you ll 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 weekend, moscow was on high alert. military checkpoints on the outerskirts of the city. residents bracing for wagner fighters to enter. and for a confrontation that never came. it was really uneasy yesterday says andre. but look now, people are walking in the streets, and it s all good. let s hope it will stay peaceful, he adds. but even here, this sympathy for prigozhin s unprecedented challenge, his tirades against the conduct of the war in ukraine, appears to have struck a popular chord. fighting was an expression of an
i m ben wedeman, cnn, reporting from zaporizhzhia. beijing with its ties with russia and vladimir putin after the armed rebellion. russia s foreign minister visited on sunday where he met with the chinese foreign minister. cnn s anna coren joining us from hong kong. and this is important because russia needs china s support. yeah, absolutely, max, a day after the threatened insurrection threatening the power, russia broke its silence indicating support for the kremlin. after watching the greatest challenge for putin s 23-year rule unfold over the weekend, the china ears foreign ministry issued a strong statement late sunday evening which read this is russia s internal affair. as russia s friendly neighbor and partner of coordination for the new era, china supports
hello welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. we begin this morning with the weekend rebellion inside russia led by the wagner group of mercenary fighters. its chief yevgeny prigozhin ordered his troops to march towards moscow to seek revenge after accusing the military leadership of killing his forces and claiming to seize military sites in two russian cities and then claim within 125 miles of the capital but the insurrection came to an abrupt end when prigozhin said a deal was struck to avoid bloodshed. the kremlin said criminal charges against prigozhin will be dropped and he ll go in exile in belarus. but prigozhin himself hasn t confirmed any of that detail and russian state media report this morning that prigozhin remains under investigation for inciting