Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin arrived in Belarus on Tuesday under a deal that ended a brief mutiny against the Russian military by his fighters, state news agency BELTA said, quoting Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Biden: US, allies not involved in uprising against Putin
TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2023
US President Joe Biden on Monday said a brief uprising by Russian mercenaries against the Kremlin is part of a struggle within the Russian system and the United States and its allies were not involved in it.
Russian defence minister shown for first time since Wagner mutiny
MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu appeared for the first time since a deal was struck on Saturday to end what the authorities had called an armed mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group aimed at ousting him.
Prigozhin is counting on Putin going after him, says former US ambassador Kurt Volker
MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023
As heavily armed Russian mercenaries withdrew from the southern Russian city of Rostov under a deal that halted their rapid advance on Moscow but raised questions about President Vladimir Putin's grip on power, former US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker said we haven't seen the end of the upheaval.