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Biden: Putin 'absolutely' diminished by Wagner group mutiny

President Joe Biden speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, June 28, 2023. [AP Photo]

U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin had "absolutely" been weakened inside his country by last weekend's short-lived mutiny led by mercenary Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

But Biden, speaking to reporters at the White House, said it was "hard to tell" the extent to which Putin had been diminished.

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