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Foreign ministry spokesperson said late Sunday that the uprising is the country’s ‘internal affair’

Wagner group chef Yevgeny Prigozhin sparked panic in the halls of the Kremlin on Saturday when he announced that he was marching 25,000 of his elite and murderous mercenaries on to Moscow to topple Russia's military leadership

Officials in Beijing have described aborted rebellion by Wagner group as Moscow’s ‘internal affairs’

Beijing stresses ‘national stability’ as state media reports the collapse of the Wagner revolt strengthened Putin.

As Ukraine says there have been 250 combat clashes in the last week along the frontline

In today’s newsletter: Over the weekend, Russian mercenary group Wagner marched on Moscow, only to turn back at the last moment. Why did one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies turn on him – and how was bloodshed averted?

President addresses Russia as Yevgeny Prigozhin says ‘march’ was to avoid destruction of mercenary group, not to overthrow Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the nation about Wagner's aborted rebellion on Monday, thanking soldiers and mercenaries for avoiding bloodshed and stating that Wagner mutineers could either join the army or "go to Belarus". Earlier, the mercenary group's chief Yevgeny Prigozhin defended his actions in an audio statement, claiming he…

The Wagner forces’ largely unopposed, rapid advance exposed vulnerabilities in Russia’s security and military forces as it also pulled some of the country’s best forces from the battlefield in the war with Ukraine.