There were some big developments in Russia over the weekend. Here's a recap to get you up to speed.
The Wagner Group was poised to launch a coup on the Russian military, but it was called off after the president of Belarus got involved, and the situation appears to have calmed.What is the Wagner Group?The troops are described as "mercenaries", meaning professional soldiers who work for money, not for a particular country or cause.Russian President Vladimir Putin's, with Mr Prigozhin recruiting Russian prisoners who vowed to fight in Ukraine in exchange for their freedom.
The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, Yevgeny Prigozhin, ordered his troops to march to Russia's capital city Moscow from where they were stationed in Ukraine.Reuters reported that Mr Prigozhin said the war in Ukraine was built on lies and called for the "evil" of Russian military leadership to be stopped.
He said the Russian military had attacked his troops and accused Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu of ordering the bodies of 2,000 dead Wagner fighters be hidden.Russia's state-run news agency TASS said the nation's federal security service opened a criminal case against Mr Prigozhin for calling for armed mutiny.
Interfax news agency cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying Mr Putin had been briefed and "necessary measures are being taken".Russia's Ukraine campaign deputy commander General Sergei Surovikin urged Wagner fighters to give up their opposition to the military leadership and return to their bases."The enemy is just waiting for the internal political situation to worsen in our country.
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