Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed Saturday that he was turning his forces around from a march toward Moscow in what Russian President Putin called an "armed uprising." Follow for live updates.
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Here's what global leaders are saying about the unfolding situation in Russia
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Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for the resumption of law and order in Russia.
"Constitutional order and the rule of law are a prerequisite for the maintenance of law and order in the country. This is the basis for the security of society and its successful development," the Kazakh president's press service reported, adding that Putin thanked Tokayev for understanding the situation.
The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell triggered a bloc-wide crisis response center to monitor the developing rebellion by Wagner. On Twitter, he emphasized that the EU support to Ukraine "continues unabated."
Latvia has increased security along its border with Russia and barred Russians from entering amid the developing situation, according to Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs. He said on Twitter that there is "no direct threat to Latvia" and said officials are exchanging information with allies.
Georgia is "monitoring closely" the events unfolding in Russia, President Salome Zourabichvili said Saturday.
"Our border has to be tightly controlled in view of possible new waves of migration," she
tweeted.
Germany has also been monitoring developments "very closely" since yesterday evening and is in close contact with its international partners, the country's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Saturday.
"German citizens in Russia are advised to follow our adapted travel and security advice," she said.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is "closely following the events unfolding in Russia, which bear witness to how the aggression against Ukraine is also causing instability within the Russian Federation," her office said in a statement.
The Italian Embassy in Moscow has appealed to Italian citizens in Russia's Rostov and Voronezh regions to stay "under cover" and keep "informed of developments," CNN's affiliate SkyTG24 reported Saturday.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said the current events show that Russia's war on Ukraine has "backfired."
"Closely following the events. The Kremlin regime reaps what it sows. All the violence directed at Ukraine has backfired," he
tweeted. "The NATO Vilnius Summit will evaluate new circumstances. The complex security situation calls for additional measures. We must get ready for any scenario!"
Just watching this—glad to see Putin called out for this war and challenged, but it’s a pretty unstable situation. Who would have thought his former caterer is the one to try to take him down? Wild!
