Russia leadership rallies behind Putin after Wagner mutiny

There are signs that Putin's power is still intact for now following the Wagner group’s mutiny but we may see the impact over the coming months, Emily Ferris, a specialist in Russian domestic politics at the British think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) told the BBC. “It’s tempting to say that this has irreparably weakened [Putin], and I think it's really one of those things that plays out over time,” Ferris said. In the short term, the Kremlin appears to be in control, Ferris said: Putin still has the support of core Russian institutions such as the FSB security service, and there were no mass defections from the military as Wagner boss Prigozhin had hoped....