Vladimir Putin's darkest battles are being carried out by private armies run by Russia's elite, but after an attempted uprising, the president is facing the reality they could turn on him. "Some of these new organisations that have been stood up directly by the Russian government, it doesn't look like there's any real distinction between them and the Ministry of …
CNN — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as “Putin’s chef.” Both have a checkered past and a reputation for brutality. Surovikin has been the subject of intense speculation over his role in the mutiny after the New York Times reported on Wednesday that the general “had advance knowledge of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plans to rebel against Russia’s military …
The mutiny is over, and the Wagner mercenary group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has moved to Belarus. Mutiny weakens Vladimir Putin The Wagner mercenary group’s mutiny has weakened President Vladimir Putin and could affect the course of the war in Ukraine, analysts say. The aborted weekend revolt led by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin — who declared a sudden pull-back after marching …
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