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A week after an armed rebellion rattled Russia, key details about it are still shrouded in mystery

A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising remain shrouded in mystery

The Independent UK

EU officials concerned over Russian threat with a ‘weaker Putin’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells EU summit that turmoil for Putin in Russia was advantageous to the West.

Al Jazeera

Wallace would support Ukraine being fast-tracked through Nato accession

The Defence Secretary said Sweden and Finland’s quick progress ‘opened a very fair question’ about whether Kyiv should be given similar treatment.

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After last weekend's abortive rebellion in Russia, the fate of some top generals is unknown

Russia’s president has succeeded in exiling Wagner mercenary head Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief mutiny last week, but the fate of several top generals is still unclear

The Independent UK

Russia ‘arrests General Armageddon’ over knowledge of Wagner mutiny

Moscow plays down report, saying there ‘was and would be a lot of speculation and gossip’

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Wagner mercenaries will no longer fight in Ukraine; Putin greets crowds in rare walkabout – as it happened

Group’s chief refuses to sign contracts with Kremlin, says head of Duma defence committee; Russian president poses for selfies in Dagestan

The Guardian - AU

Recapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord

The dramatic rebellion by a mercenary warlord in Russia that challenged President Vladimir Putin was punctuated by dramatic language of the key protagonists – and some long silences

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Tribune News Service

Russian general who may have known about Wagner mutiny goes missing

US intelligence claims Gen Sergei Surovikin, who has close ties to Yevgeny Prigozhin, had prior knowledge of uprising

The Guardian - UK

As Wagner troops marched on Moscow, Ukraine made further gains

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s position weakened by the Wagner Group’s mutiny amid Ukraine war, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

Russian Mercenary Leader’s March On Moscow Rattles Putin’s Command

Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion exposes fragility within Putin's leadership, with potential impacts on war efforts.

Zenger

After Wagner revolt, Russian defense minister Shoigu meets with head of Cuba’s armed forces

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu hosted Cuba’s Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, Gen. Alvaro Lopez Miera, ion Tuesday in what appears to be his first public meeting with a foreign official after the Wagner mercenary group’s boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, led a brief armed rebellion and demanded his dismissal.

Miami Herald

Prigozhin ‘aimed to capture Russian generals’

WASHINGTON: Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin aimed to detain the heads of the Russian military in last week’s mutiny, but they discovered his planned rebellion early and avoided capture, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Humiliated Putin in countdown to the end as Wagner coup shows he 'can't be saved'

Though the Wagner coup over the weekend was over in a matter of hours, it was the strongest challenge against Vladimir Putin and his leadership in his 20 years in office - and it's a challenge that he will be unable to ride out, according to senior Ukrainian officials

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Top Russian general arrested after going missing amid claims he knew about Wagner mutiny

It is alleged that General Sergei ‘Armageddon’ Surovikin is being held at the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre over a plot to oust defence minister Sergei Shoigu

Al Jazeera

Wagner boss Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus, says Lukashenko

The Belarusian leader confirms that Wagner forces are in Belarus as he hails his own role in halting the recent mutiny.

France 24

Putin's defence chief Shoigu survived Wagner’s challenge – but for how long?

Russia’s embattled defence minister was in the hot seat long before Yevgeny Prigozhin sent his Wagner mercenaries racing to Moscow on a stated mission to oust him. The latter’s failure shows President Vladimir Putin is unwilling to sacrifice his long-time confidant – at least for now.

The Guardian - UK

Putin tells security staff they prevented civil war as Prigozhin lands in Belarus

Russian president makes address at Kremlin and says that Wagner was entirely financed by state – despite years of denials

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WEKU

Russia drops charges against mercenary leader and others involved in brief rebellion

The announcement follows the Kremlin's earlier pledge not to prosecute Yevgeny Prigozhin and his fighters after he stopped the revolt, even though President Vladimir Putin labeled them as traitors.

Tribune News Service

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…

The Independent UK

Whereabouts and fate of Russian mercenary leader remain a mystery after revolt

The whereabouts of mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin remain a mystery after Russian President Vladimir Putin once again blasted organizers of a weekend rebellion as traitors who played into the hands of Ukraine’s government and its Western allies

The Guardian - AU

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

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 489 of the invasion

Lukashenko confirms Prigozhin is in Belarus; Putin tells security forces they averted a ‘civil war’; Zelenskiy claims advances ‘in all directions’

Tribune News Service

Putin blasts Wagner ‘traitors’ after Prigozhin denies coup plot

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned leaders of the Wagner mercenary group as traitors to Russia in a late-night speech to the nation, his first public comments since the mutiny that posed the most serious threat to his nearly quarter-century rule.

Salon

Wagner mutiny exposed Putin's weakness

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

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