Putin Fails To Appear In Public For Over two Days

• 26.06.2023, 15:21

This happens against the backdrop of Prigozhin's rebellion.

The last time the Russians saw their president was at 10 am on Saturday, when he announced certain betrayal in a five-minute speech (without naming Prigozhin) and promised to protect “the people and statehood from any threats.” After that, and until now, Putin personally has not given any explanation for what happened, writes the We Can Explain Telegram channel.

Since then, the Kremlin has reported only about Putin's telephone conversations with the leaders of various countries. Today the President spoke with the Emir of Qatar and the President of Iran. The former “expressed support for the actions of the Russian leadership in connection with the events of June 24”. The MoD was unable to find reports of these negotiations in the Qatari media. At the same time, quite recently, last Friday, Putin already discussed relations between the two countries with the Prime Minister of Qatar.

On Saturday, as Wagner tanks went on to Moscow, two planes of the Rossiya special squad, used by Putin and carrying command and control posts, left the capital. Shortly after takeoff, they turned off the transponders, the final point of the route is unknown. After Prigozhin announced the curtailment of his march, both planes returned to Moscow.

At 10 pm on Saturday, Peskov said that Putin had been working in the Kremlin all day, but a We Can Explain source close to the presidential administration denied this.