Yevgeny Prigozhin mutineers got within 200-kilometers of Moscow after overrunning a key southern city before he abruptly said they were turning back.
The armed rebellion by Prigozhin, a former Putin ally who founded the Wagner private militia group, was widely seen as the biggest threat to the Russian president's 23-year grip on power.
The weekend's armed revolt by Prigozhin, a former Putin ally who founded the Wagner private militia group, was widely seen as the biggest threat to the Russian president's 23-year grip on power. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the episode exposed" Monday. "I would be very surprised that he's still with us in a few months' time."
The Wagner fighters' march toward Moscow sent the Kremlin scrambling to protect the capital after the mercenaries reportedly, in a matter of hours, took control of the southwestern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. The bitter feud between Prigozhin and the military establishment in Moscow escalated in recent weeks after the Kremlin wanted all private mercenary forces to sign contracts with the Defense Ministry by July 1. Prigozhin had refused.
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