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| As Putin Poses for Selfies, U.S. Says Russia May Have Detained a Top General | As Putin Poses for Selfies, U.S. Says Russia May Have Detained a Top General |
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| Days after an aborted rebellion in Russia by a mercenary group presented a dramatic challenge to his leadership, President Vladimir V. Putin made highly choreographed public appearances in an effort to project power and control, even as U.S. officials said early intelligence reports suggested that a top general had been detained in connection with the failed uprising. | Days after an aborted rebellion in Russia by a mercenary group presented a dramatic challenge to his leadership, President Vladimir V. Putin made highly choreographed public appearances in an effort to project power and control, even as U.S. officials said early intelligence reports suggested that a top general had been detained in connection with the failed uprising. |
| In Moscow, Mr. Putin attended a technology fair on Thursday, sitting in a gaming chair and joking with other panelists onstage. The day before, he strode through a crowd of well-wishers in southern Russia, shaking hands, kissing a girl on the head and posing for selfies. It was a display that Russians had not glimpsed from their leader in years. | In Moscow, Mr. Putin attended a technology fair on Thursday, sitting in a gaming chair and joking with other panelists onstage. The day before, he strode through a crowd of well-wishers in southern Russia, shaking hands, kissing a girl on the head and posing for selfies. It was a display that Russians had not glimpsed from their leader in years. |
| “My God, this is Vladimir Putin!” people shouted as the Russian president, flanked by bodyguards, mingled in a throng of people in the southern city of Derbent on Wednesday, casting aside the strict social-distancing protocols he had observed since the pandemic began, including sitting at a very long table, far away from visitors. | “My God, this is Vladimir Putin!” people shouted as the Russian president, flanked by bodyguards, mingled in a throng of people in the southern city of Derbent on Wednesday, casting aside the strict social-distancing protocols he had observed since the pandemic began, including sitting at a very long table, far away from visitors. |
| But amid the Kremlin’s efforts to emphasize popular support for Mr. Putin and the message that Russia was back to business as usual, U.S. officials said that the Russian authorities appeared to have detained a general, Sergei Surovikin, the former commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, who American officials say had known in advance about the rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group. | But amid the Kremlin’s efforts to emphasize popular support for Mr. Putin and the message that Russia was back to business as usual, U.S. officials said that the Russian authorities appeared to have detained a general, Sergei Surovikin, the former commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, who American officials say had known in advance about the rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group. |
| The general has not been seen publicly since early Saturday. American officials would not say — or do not know — if he had been formally arrested or was being held for questioning. |