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The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer

Wagner boss met Vladimir Putin five days after mutiny, Kremlin says

A screengrab of Yevgeny Prigozhin taken from footage posted on 24 June, the day of his fighters’ aborted rebellion
A screengrab of Yevgeny Prigozhin taken from footage posted on 24 June, the day of his fighters’ aborted rebellion. Photograph: Telegram/@concordgroup_official/AFP/Getty Images

The Kremlin has said the Wagner group head, Yevgeny Prigozhin, met Vladimir Putin on 29 June, five days after his mercenary fighters marched towards Moscow in an aborted rebellion.

The Russian president’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters that Putin invited 35 senior Wagner commanders including Prigozhin to the Kremlin, adding that the meeting lasted three hours.

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