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Russia Looks Increasingly Medieval After the Coup That Wasn't

Feudal-style squabbling with the control of nuclear weapons at stake.

Reason

Why are Russian and Belarusian players allowed back at Wimbledon?

Top players such as Aryna Sabalenka and Daniil Medvedev are back after the All England Club lifted its controversial ban

The Independent UK

Commentary: There are no winners in Wagner Group’s thwarted insurrection in Russia

The rebellion ended as quickly as it began. Less than a day after Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led thousands of his men into Russia and made a beeline toward Moscow, he called it off and pulled them back. In a deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Prigozhin…

Chicago Tribune

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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.

Al Jazeera

NATO will defend members from threat of Wagner forces in Belarus

Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says military alliance will protect members from threats by either ‘Moscow or Minsk’.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 490

As the war enters it 490th day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Russia bombs busy Ukraine restaurant

At least eight killed and dozens injured after Russian missile hits crowded pizza restaurant in centre of Kramatorsk.

Al Jazeera

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Putin admits Moscow paid Wagner mercenaries £800m in wages in a year – and that his forces ‘stopped civil war’

Russian president says mercenary group was funded by the state, after years of denials, as group’s leader arrives in Belarus as part of deal that ended mutiny

The Independent UK

Belarusian leader confirms arrival of exiled Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin

Moscow claims paramilitaries have agreed to hand over weapons after failed Rostov uprising

The Guardian - UK

Putin’s portrayal of response to uprising as a Kremlin win is proving a hard sell

Guests on Russian political talks shows appeared uncertain about which points were fair game and which were off limits

The Guardian - UK

Wagner chief lands in Belarus as Putin says ‘civil war’ averted

Belarus’s president said Yevgeny Prigozhin had arrived in his country, as Vladimir Putin said Russia averted “civil war” after the mutiny by fighters loyal to the mercenary leader.

Tribune News Service

Putin says Russia avoided ‘civil war’ as Wagner mutiny case ends

President Vladimir Putin said Russia averted “civil war” following the armed rebellion by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a public display of support for his military leadership that the mercenary chief had sought to overthrow.

Tribune News Service

Belarus role in Russia-Wagner feud ‘boosts Lukashenko’s clout’

President Alexander Lukashenko has trumpeted his ‘peacekeeping’ role in quelling the Wagner rebellion in Russia.

Al Jazeera

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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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…

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…

Dynamite News

Wagner rebellion: It's a new thing to see Putin's leadership directly challenged, says US

Following the Wagner rebellion, the US said that it's a new thing to see Russian President Vladimir Putin's leadership getting directly challenged. Read further on Dynamite News:

Evening Standard

Ukrainian forces advancing ‘in all directions,’ says Volodymyr Zelensky

As Vladimir Putin lashes out at leaders of the aborted Wagner Group revolt

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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.

Bangkok Post

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.

Salon

Wagner mutiny exposed Putin's weakness

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

Tribune News Service

Prigozhin denies he planned coup, says Wagner will survive

Yevgeny Prigozhin broke his silence Monday for the first time since leading an armed rebellion, saying he wasn’t trying to oust Vladimir Putin’s government but would keep his Wagner mercenary company going despite official efforts to shut it down.

Daily Mirror

Russia on alert as '8,000 Wagner rebels' assemble close to base with nuclear weapons

Foreign Minister James Celeverly said he felt 'uncomfortable' about Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a military base home to nuclear weapons, telling the Commons he was keeping a 'very close eye' on the situation

The Conversation

Failed Wagner Group coup leaves Putin humiliated and Belarus dictator Lukashenko more secure – for now

For Vladimir Putin, the abortive Wagner Group coup has been a humiliating affair that exposed his lack of control over military units ostensibly fighting for Russia. It was an episode that the Russian president is unlikely to forgive in a hurry.

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.

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