Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia enhance border security with neighbouring Belarus after Prigozhin is reported to be in exile there, writes Naomi O'Leary
EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell speaking to the media prior to the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg on Monday. He said Russia 'may be entering into an era of political instability and internal fragility'. Photograph: EPAA revolt of Wagner mercenaries that fizzled out as abruptly as it began over the weekend reveals internal Russian weakness and Europe’s response should be to double down on support to Ukraine, European Union foreign ministers have said.
Discussion of the sudden march towards Moscow led by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin dominated a meeting of the 27 foreign ministers in Luxembourg, which had been scheduled to discuss support for Ukraine and other issues. “These events have shown that the Russian state and Putin’s personal credibility being weakened. This is the least one can say. The political system is showing cracks,” the EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell told reporters.
Russia “may be entering into an era of political instability and internal fragility”, Mr Borrell continued, noting that risks to the EU could be posed by “internal political fragility and instability in a major nuclear power”. Several ministers remarked that the situation remained unclear, but that Russian president Vladimir Putin would appear to have been weakened by the aborted attack by Mr Prigozhin, who publicly denounced Moscow’s official rationale for the invasion of Ukraine as a lie.
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