
Vladimir Putin’s security chiefs say they have launched a criminal case against the head of the country’s mercenary forces for allegedly calling for armed mutiny.
In an explosive rant on Telegram, Yevgeny Prigozhin vowed to stop the “evil” of the Kremlin’s top brass, whom he accused of “destroying” his fighters and concocting lies to justify invading Ukraine - saying Vladimir Putin had been “deceived” by the defence ministry.