US secretary of state: "I don't think we've seen the last section" yet in the Putin-Prigozhin show

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that he doesn't accept "we've seen the remainder of" the improvements connected with Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin.

"I don't think we've seen the last part in this show," Blinken said in a meeting with NBC's Andrea Mitchell.

"Putin is obviously attempting to manage something. In any case, this was an immediate test to his power, an immediate test to the fundamental premises of the conflict that he spread out," he said. "Also, I don't think we've said a final farewell to it."

The top US representative repeated that the revolt was an interior Russian matter, yet considered it a "genuinely exceptional thing."

"We're at a spot 16 months prior where Russia was on the doorsteps of Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. Furthermore, presently, only two or three weeks prior, hired soldiers through Putin's own effort were on the doorsteps of Moscow," he said.

Some additional background information: Putin met Prizgozhin days after his brief rebellion last month, the Kremlin guaranteed Monday, clearing up some disarray over the Wagner boss' whereabouts however adding to the secret over what was the best danger to Putin's standard at this point.