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\u2018Everyone seems to be afraid\u2019: Wagner\u2019s arrival in Belarus sparks concern in Polish border city\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Vladimir Putin<\/a> was reportedly left \u201cparalysed\u201d by the short-lived Wagner<\/a> coup final month, and no orders got that day as he confronted one of the extreme threats to his 23 years in energy.<\/p>\n Western intelligence officers had been quoted<\/a> as saying the Kremlin had several days\u2019 advance warning <\/a>of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin\u2019s resolution to march on Moscow<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cPutin had time to take the choice to liquidate [the rebellion] and arrest the organisers,\u201d one European safety official, who wished to stay nameless, informed the Washington Submit.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThen when it started to occur, there was paralysis on all ranges\u2026 There was absolute dismay and confusion. For a very long time, they didn’t know find out how to react.\u201d<\/p>\n The mercenary group launched its short-lived mutiny on 24 June, driving its forces in the direction of the Kremlin and preaching open riot towards Russia<\/a>\u2019s army management \u2013 solely to desert its mission simply hours later.<\/p>\n This comes as a committee of UK lawmakers has mentioned that Britain has \u201cunderplayed and underestimated\u201d the risk posed by the Russian Wagner mercenary group and may ban it as a terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n