Tag: Wagner mutiny
Monitoring group says thousands of Wagner mercenaries have arrived in Belarus since failed uprising
TALLINN: Thousands of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries have arrived in Belarus since the group’s short-lived rebellion, a military monitoring group said Monday. Between 3,450 and…
Wagner chief is still in Russia, not Belarus: President Lukashenko
MINSK: According to Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner group, remains in Russia rather than Belarus, despite an agreement with…
Putin seeks to project strong image as military questions linger
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin continued efforts to reassert his authority and project a sense of business as usual after the mutiny by Wagner mercenaries that…
Putin: Putin steps up efforts to undercut Wagner leader after rebellion
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin sought to cast the Wagner leader who rose against him as corrupt, even as he said the Kremlin was financing the…
Russia bids to show return to order after Wagner mutiny
MOSCOW: Moscow was striving Monday to portray a return to business as usual after a weekend mutiny by mercenary troops threatened Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin‘s…
Wagner ends revolt but Putin’s grip questioned
MOSCOW: Wagner mercenaries headed back to their base on Sunday after Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow their leader to avoid treason charges and…
Russia crisis reveals ‘real cracks’ in Putin’s authority: Blinken
Washington, June 25, 2023 -Russia’s crisis involving an attempted mercenary revolt against the Kremlin exposed “real cracks” in President Vladimir Putin‘s authority after he was…
Moscow security measures still in place after Wagner mutiny
MOSCOW: An “anti-terrorist operation regime” was still in force in Moscow on Sunday, a day after mutinous Wagner mercenaries threatened to storm the Russian capital,…
Putin vows to crush ‘armed mutiny’ after Russian mercenary boss tries to oust top brass
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush what he called an armed mutiny after rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday he had taken…