The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

‘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.

Al Jazeera · Jun 26, 2023

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

Daily Mirror · Jun 26, 2023

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

Daily Mirror · Jun 26, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023

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.

Bangkok Post · Jun 26, 2023

Putin's men and the rebellion in Russia

War expert and novelist Elliot Ackerman on what the uprising against Putin means for Ukraine's counteroffensive

Salon · Jun 26, 2023

China Says It Supports National Stability in Russia After Wagner ‘Incident’

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

Caixin Global · Jun 26, 2023

Vladimir Putin's FSB thugs employed mob tactics to halt coup leader's march on Moscow

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

Daily Mirror · Jun 26, 2023

Russian PM calls on country to unite behind Vladimir Putin

Mikhail Mishustin says Russia has faced ‘a challenge to its stability’ after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023

Xi weighs up support for Putin after rebellion

Beijing’s support for Moscow is based on pragmatism and ideology, with China’s most powerful ally damaged by recent events

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023