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Niko Vorobyov

Disbelief, anger: Russians struggle to process Wagner revolt

A Wagner Group supporter holds a flag for the mercenary group outside an office of Rostelecom near the headquarters of the Southern Military District, which Wagner fighters took control of on June 24, 2023, in Rostov-on-Don, Russia [Stringer/Reuters]

At first, 30-year-old Ivan from Rostov-an-Don did not believe an armed uprising was taking place in his southern Russian hometown on Saturday.

“That morning, I told my friends it was all fake news, to which they responded by sending me photos of tanks,” he told Al Jazeera.

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