Putin’s body language betrays his “high level of anger” and shows he is in “action mode”, an expert has claimed.
Russia’s president today branded Prigozhin’s Wagner Group ‘traitors’ as he addressed his people on TV – after Wagner’s rebels vowed to punish military leaders and marched on Moscow .
Body language expert Adrianne Carter has warned that Putin has never looked more dangerous, telling the Daily Star: “Putin shows high levels of anger and aversion.”
She added, “He’s in action mode, so beware!”
During this morning’s unscheduled televised address to Russian civilians, the president threatened that “everyone who took part” in the Wagnerian rebellion would be punished.
Putin’s body language betrays his ‘high level of anger’ and shows he’s in ‘action mode’, expert says
Body language expert Adrianne Carter (pictured) said Putin showed high levels of anger in his speech today
Putin told the Russian people today: “This is a campaign of criminal adventure. It is the equivalent of an armed mutiny.
“We will defend ourselves and push back against this hostile decision. We fight for the life and security of our citizens and our territory.
“It is a question of millenary history of Russia. Everything must be done to avert this danger.
It is an attempt to subvert us from within. It is a betrayal to those who are fighting on the front lines.
“It’s a stab in the back of our troops and the Russian people.”
Russia’s president today called Prigozhin’s Wagner Group ‘traitors’ as he addressed his people on TV – after Wagner’s rebels vowed to punish military leaders and marched on Moscow .
Body language expert Adrianne Carter has warned that Putin has never looked so dangerous, telling the Daily Star: ‘Putin shows high levels of anger and aversion’
Wagner’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said in a video released in the early hours of Saturday that his forces had reached the strategically important city of Rostov-on-Don.
A serious-looking Putin told the Russians, “What we are facing now is betrayal.”
The 70-year-old dictator warned: “Anyone who deliberately sets out on a path of treason will face inevitable punishment.
“The armed forces have received the appropriate orders.”
He continued: “As the President of Russia and Chief Marshal, as a Russian citizen, I am doing everything to repel this attack and ensure the freedom and safety of our citizens. Those who mutinied betrayed Russia.
Even as Putin spoke, 180 Russian military and security forces at a border post in the Voronezh region refused to interfere with the actions of Wagner’s PMC and laid down their arms.
Prigozhin responded on Saturday, telling the president he was “wrong” to accuse him of treason.
He added: “No one will surrender at the request of the president, the FSB or anyone else.”
“Because we don’t want the country to live in corruption, deceit and bureaucracy.”