Tanks have been deployed on the streets of Moscow amid fears of an imminent Wagner Group coup to overthrow Vladimir Putin.
The group's outspoken leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin has vowed revenge on the Kremlin after blaming Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for a missile attack on its Bakhmut training camp in Ukraine, which killed more than 50 soldiers.
Hailing Wagner's efforts as a "march of justice" rather than a coup, however, Prigozhin declared on Friday: "We're on our way to Moscow, and anyone who entered our centres will answer for it."