Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the mutiny in Russia - The Mike Hosking Breakfast

An attempted armed mutiny in Russia suggests that things may be unravelling for Vladimir Putin.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner fighters has forced the Russian president into an amnesty agreement.

The deal halted Wagner's march on Moscow, but only after two major cities had been seized.

US correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that Putin must have seen this coming, as the Washington Post reported the Americans had a sense of this mutiny coming about two weeks ago.

He says if it's factored in that Putin knew and was unable to do anything about it, it adds to the view he's very much weakened in his situation.

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