'Weaker Putin is a greater danger': EU's Borrell

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The EU's top diplomat warns that a "weaker" Russian President Vladimir Putin would pose a "greater danger" after Wagner's aborted mutiny sparked the largest political crisis in decades in the nuclear-armed country. "A weaker Putin is a greater danger. So we have to be very much aware of the consequences," Josep Borrell says as EU leaders arrive at a council summit in Brussels. Speaking to the media after his arrival, Lithuanian President says Gitanas Nauseda he for his part is "extremely concerned" about developments in its neighbour Belarus and the presence of Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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