The Kremlin he does not agree with the opinion of the “pseudo-experts”, as his representative described it Dmitry Peskovthat Wagner’s brief mutiny over the weekend shook the president’s position Vladimir Putin.

The Kremlin portrays the Russian leader — who has been in power either as president or prime minister since 1999 — as someone who acted wisely to avoid the “worst-case scenario” by giving talks time to reach a deal. which ended the rebellion without further bloodshed.

On Saturday, Russian helicopter pilots were killed after being ordered to attack a mercenary convoy heading towards Moscow, which brought them down. However, escalation and wider conflict were avoided.

As the Kremlin spokesman told reporters Dmitry Peskovthe mutiny finally showed how united Russian society is around Putin.

“The level of popular rallying…around the president is very high. These events showed how society is rallying around the president,” Peskov said.

Asked if the Russian leader’s position was “shaken” by the dramatic events, Peskov replied: “We don’t agree. There is now extreme emotional hysteria among experts, pseudo-experts, political scientists and pseudo-politicians. It is also spread through some hysterical news media, the Internet and so on. It has nothing to do with reality.”