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6/27/2023 7:48:46 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin told troops gathered Tuesday at the Kremlin they prevented civil war after a revolt by Wagner mercenaries, and held a minute's silence for pilots killed during the insurrection.
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6/27/2023 2:54:43 PM
On the surface, the turmoil in Russia would seem like something for the US to celebrate: a powerful mercenary Wagner group engaging in a short-lived clash with Russia’s military at the very moment that Ukraine is trying to gain momentum in a critical counteroffensive.
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6/27/2023 12:25:03 PM
Russian authorities said Tuesday they have closed a criminal investigation into the armed rebellion led by Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, with no charges against him or any of the other participants.
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6/26/2023 6:47:09 PM
The leader of the Wagner mercenary group defended his short-lived insurrection in an audio statement Monday, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made his first public appearance since the uprising that demanded his ouster, in a video aimed at projecting a sense of order after the country’s most serious political crisis in decades.
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6/26/2023 4:51:00 PM
The headquarters of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, whose leader Yevgeny Prigozhin led a mutiny over the weekend that rattled President Vladimir Putin's rule, said Monday it was working in "normal mode."
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6/26/2023 4:23:21 PM
Germany on Monday said it was prepared to station 4,000 troops in Lithuania after the Baltic nation called on NATO to strengthen its eastern flank.
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6/26/2023 12:43:01 PM
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday said the weekend mutiny by mercenary troops in Russia showed that Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine was a "mistake".
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6/26/2023 9:50:07 AM
The rebellious mercenary soldiers who briefly took over a Russian military headquarters on an ominous march toward Moscow were gone Sunday, but the short-lived revolt has weakened President Vladimir Putin just as his forces are facing a fierce counteroffensive in Ukraine.
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6/25/2023 9:19:35 PM
A short-lived revolt by a rebellious Russian mercenary commander ended with his troops beating a retreat, but the extraordinary challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s two-decade hold on power could have long-term consequences for his rule and his war in Ukraine.
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6/25/2023 7:46:28 PM
Russia's crisis involving a mercenary group's aborted revolt against the Kremlin exposed "real cracks" in President Vladimir Putin's authority, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday.
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6/25/2023 7:23:12 PM
Wagner mercenaries were headed back to base on Sunday after Russia's President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow their leader to avoid treason charges and accept exile in Belarus.
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6/25/2023 1:18:47 PM
From the rise of the former KGB officer to the Kremlin to his invasion of Ukraine and a mutiny by the Wagner rebels who backed him, AFP looks at key moments in Vladimir Putin's rule.
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6/25/2023 12:18:07 PM
An "anti-terrorist operation regime" was still in force in Moscow on Sunday, a day after mutinous Wagner mercenaries threatened to storm the Russian capital, in a dramatic security crisis for President Vladimir Putin.
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War in Ukraine
6/24/2023 8:17:00 PM
President Vladimir Putin has long profited from the actions of the Wagner mercenary group, but the mutiny led by its chief Yevgeny Prigozhin presents the Russian strongman with a challenge that could irreparably damage his authority, analysts say.
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6/24/2023 7:10:58 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to punish "traitors" from the Wagner mercenary group, after its leader swore he would topple Moscow's military leadership.
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6/24/2023 6:07:53 PM
Rebel mercenaries advanced north towards Moscow after seizing a key military base Saturday, just as Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin's vowed to defeat the revolt and head off the threat of civil war.
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War in Ukraine
6/24/2023 5:35:37 PM
Once a low-profile businessman who benefited from having President Vladimir Putin as a powerful patron, Yevgeny Prigozhin moved into the global spotlight with Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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6/24/2023 3:52:18 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to punish "traitors" from the Wagner mercenary group, after its leader swore he would topple Moscow's military leadership.
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6/24/2023 3:33:53 PM
Countries around the world were on Saturday closely watching events unfolding in Russia, where a mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group posed the most serious challenge to President Vladimir Putin's long rule.
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6/24/2023 12:49:22 AM
President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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