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The head of the Russian military company Wagner will move to neighbouring Belarus as part of a deal to end his rebellion and the criminal case…

Dr Patricia Lewis from the International Security Programme also responded to claims the mercenaries' uprising was staged with Putin in on it from the beginning

The head of the Russian Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said overnight he had taken control of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don as part of an attempt to oust Russia’s defence minister. The 62-year-old's open challenge to Moscow’s military comes after months of growing tensions over the conduct of the…

Vladimir Putin has leant on military contractors to claim victories in Ukraine but the Wagner leader’s threats against the country’s military leadership show tensions escalating to an alarming extent

In a sign of how seriously the Kremlin was taking the threat, riot police and the National Guard have been scrambled to tighten security at key facilities in Moscow. Read further on Dynamite News:

Yevgeny Prigozhin has risen to prominence after mercenaries from his Wagner Group played a role in the Ukraine war.

Images of tanks in streets of Moscow evoked the faltering Soviet Union’s final months in 1991, raising hopes of history repeating itself

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s fighters overtake largest city in southern Russia with sights set on capital before extraordinary U-turn

Britain’s Ministry of Defense has described the Wagner mercenary group’s armed rebellion as the most significant challenge to the Russian state in recent times