The UK must prepare for the sudden collapse of Russia in the wake of Wagner Group's failed attempt to overthrow Vladimir Putin, warn senior government sources.
Led by former Putin confidant, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary group was en route to Moscow as part of its coup attempt, before a last-minute deal with the Kremlin halted the march.
President Putin, who had earlier vowed a "brutal" retaliation against the rebels after they appeared to seize the cities of Rostov-on-Don and Voronezh, subsequently spared Prigozhin punishment, on the agreement he'd be exiled in neighbouring Belarus.
