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Daniel Keane

Vladimir Putin says Russian security forces ‘averted civil war’ after Wagner chief launched his ‘march on Moscow’

Vladimir Putin has said that the Russian military leaders prevented an all out “civil war” by persuading mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin to abort his armed march on Saturday.

Speaking at the Kremlin on Tuesday, the Russian president told up to 2,500 members of the military and security forces that they had saved the country from chaos.

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