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Commentary: The Wagner mutiny leaves Putin a naked emperor

The mutiny by caterer Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenary army ended on Saturday before it really began. Prigozhin apparently has been persuaded to desist by Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator of Belarus, who agreed to let him move to his country, presumably with part of his fighting force. But his escapade’s consequences…

Tribune News Service

Andreas Kluth: Putin's biggest mistakes in the Wagner uprising

Russian President Vladimir Putin is damaged goods. He may have survived this weekend’s mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group of mercenaries. In reacting as he did, though, Putin not only made himself even weaker, but planted the idea of his impotence in the minds of Russians and the…

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Editorial: Russian roulette: Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group rebellion sputters out but the Ukraine war continues

During the failed August 1991 putsch in Russia, the good guys were reformers Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. The bad guys were an incompetent claque of the military and KGB within the Politburo and the rebellion fizzled when Yeltsin climbed on that tank in Moscow. The Kremlin’s nukes were kept…

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Several dead, scores injured in strike on restaurant in eastern Ukraine

Several people were killed and scores injured in a Russian rocket strike that hit a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, authorities said Tuesday. Ukrainian police said Russia fired two S-300 surface-to-air missiles at the city. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time…

France 24

Lukashenko confirms Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus; Putin hails military for ‘stopping civil war’ – as it happened

Lukashenko appears to have confirmed Yevgeney Prigozhin has landed in Belarus; Russian president says army and the people were not on Wagner side

The Guardian - AU

Russian fighter aircraft hold combat drills over Baltic Sea

Air exercises come amid growing number of intercepts between NATO and Russian military planes over Baltic and Black Sea.

Al Jazeera

Biden calls Russian mutiny a ‘struggle within the Russian system’ and says U.S. and NATO played no part

Concerned that Vladimir Putin could use the mutiny to rally Russians to his side, the U.S. and allies supporting Ukraine are making clear they had no role in the rebellion.

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Putin Calls For Justice After Russia Narrowly Avoids A Coup

Mercenary group's rebellion against military leadership ends in anticlimactic pullback

Zenger

Putin accuses West of wanting Russians 'to kill each other' in mutiny

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine and its Western allies of wanting Russians to "kill each other" during a revolt by mercenaries of the Wagner group, which stunned the country with an aborted march on Moscow over the weekend.

Bangkok Post

Wagner mutiny exposed Putin's weakness

While the mutiny was short-lived and its goals unclear, it will have lasting effects

Salon

Putin thanks those ‘who stood in the way of the mutineers’

Russian leader pays tribute to pilots killed in Wagner revolt and says he will honour amnesty promises for mercenaries.

Al Jazeera

Wagner mutiny in Russia raises questions over its activities in Africa

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Lavrov says the country’s Wagner mercenary group will continue operations in Mali and the Central African Republic despite its leader’s failed mutiny over the weekend. But questions remain over the future of the group on the African continent.

Radio France Internationale

Wagner chief says he had no plan to overthrow Putin’s government

Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin broke his silence for the first time since leading an armed rebellion to insist he had no intention of ousting President Vladimir Putin’s government.

Tribune News Service

Wagner mutiny was ‘unprecedented’ threat to Putin’s authority, Cleverly says

The Foreign Secretary said the rebellion exposed the ‘cracks’ in Russian support for the invasion of Ukraine.

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Al Jazeera

Moscow’s fallout with Wagner: Your guide to the Russian rebellion

What’s next for Prigozhin and his men, and why have they been warring with military chiefs? Here are key things to know.

The Independent UK

Putin appeals to public after Wagner leader Prigozhin breaks silence over mutiny

We were only protesting about the state of the war, says mutiny leader in first public message

Al Jazeera

‘Not overthrowing power’: Wagner boss Prigozhin defends uprising

Russian mercenary boss issues first audio statement since aborted mutiny, insists his forces reacted to being attacked.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin’s defence minister ‘rushes to war zone’ to face down bid to oust him

Sergei Shoigu, Vladimir Putin's defence minister has been filmed in the war zone flying over military positions and talking with his commanders as he faces down attempt to oust him

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Daily Mirror

Wagner's coup WON'T change course of Ukraine war - but Putin is weakened, says expert

On Saturday, the leader of the Wagner Company Yevgeny Prigozhin and his 25,000 mercenaries stormed Rostov-on-Don in the south of the country with plans to march on Moscow and depose Vladimir Putin's top military brass

Tribune News Service

Xi’s bet on Putin looks even more risky after Russian rebellion

Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Xi Jinping’s gamble on a “no limits” friendship with Vladimir Putin has looked like it could backfire. This weekend’s brief uprising against Moscow again underscored the risks facing the Chinese leader.

Reason

Anticlimactic End to Wagner Group's Armed Rebellion in Russia

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Daily Mirror

We need to arm for a 'generational struggle' with Russia, warns Army chief

Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders used a speech at the Royal United Services Institute’s Land Warfare Conference to highlight the threat from Moscow

Al Jazeera

Disbelief, anger: Russians struggle to process Wagner revolt

A Rostov native recalls Saturday’s spectacle as Moscow decides what to do with mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

The Independent UK

Amsterdam's Hermitage museum to be renamed after cutting ties with Russia following Ukraine invasion

An Amsterdam museum that severed ties with St. Petersburg’s Hermitage collection after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last year has been renamed

Bangkok Post

Wagner mutiny in Russia raises questions on overseas influence

PARIS: Russian mercenary group Wagner has been seen for years as an armed extension of Moscow's influence in Syria and Africa -- a status now called into question by its leader's aborted revolt.

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