the riot in Russia reveals “very deep gaps” and the “internal weakness” of the Kremlin

The Spanish Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albareshas assured this Monday that the mutiny that the Wagner group tried to carry out this weekend in Russia “shows an internal weakness” in that country that “also raises unknowns”. The Spanish politician spoke at a press conference after the foreign ministers meeting of the European Union in Luxembourg.

On whether the figure of the Russian president, Vladimir Putinhas been weakened after the events of the weekend, Albares considered that should be “cautious”. “First, because of the suddenness of yesterday’s events, because of the speed with which events of both kinds took place,” he commented.

“But of course, what remains in evidence is that what looked like internal Russian monolithic solidity has been shown to have gaps, and gaps that are very deep and that, perhaps, and we will know it with the close analysis that we are going to do jointly, it has more depth than simply the events that occurred yesterday,” he added.

[El motín de Wagner hiere de muerte la autoridad de Putin]

[Rusia sospecha que la inteligencia de EEUU está involucrada en el motín del grupo Wagner]

He admitted that the rebellion of the Wagner group at the weekend “was not expected by anyone” and stressed that it is “an internal Russian matter” that is due “to internal Russian dynamics,” reports efe.

“That Russia, which is a nuclear power, is subject to this type of internal divisions, since of course it is something that We will continue to analyze and follow closelyalways united with our European partners, with our NATO allies,” he said. He added that the Wagner mutiny “demonstrates that the illegal, unjust and unjustified aggression against Ukraine is a strategic mistake with multiple repercussions“.

[La OTAN dice que la rebelión de Wagner muestra el “gran error estratégico” de Putin]

[Borrell ve grietas en el poder militar de Rusia: “El monstruo que Putin creó con Wagner se rebela”]

In any case, he stressed that the events in Russia they must not “divert” the EU from “its objective”, referring to the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory and peace “returning to Ukraine”. He also stressed that the support of Spain and the Twenty-seven for Kiev “is not subject to any conditions”, and added that the aggression against Ukraine “has repercussions that go far beyond” Ukraine.

Albares urged the European Union to maintain unity in these “so complex and turbulent” moments. “Facing the Russian division, the unity of Europe stands outand that is something in which the Spanish presidency of the Union (which begins on July 1) is going to make a special effort: in maintaining that unity,” he asserted.

In the meeting this Monday in Luxembourg, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmitro Kuleba, who made “his analysis of the situation at the moment in Ukraine” and reported on “the advances that (Ukraine) is making in the counteroffensive against this unjust and illegal aggression,” according to Albares. “I have been able to express Spain’s unconditional support in all aspects with Ukraine for as long as necessary,” he said.