Vladímir Putin

Tuesday was Putin’s first multilateral summit since an armed rebellion rattled Russia and comes as he is eager to show that the West has failed to isolate Moscow over its 2022 invasion of Ukraine

The crisis in Russia over Wagner’s mutiny has revealed the complex network of troops working in and outside of the country. The Kremlin helped create a system that has now turned against him

Analysts say his participation at a virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on Tuesday is an opportunity to show he is in control after a short-lived insurrection by Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin

The failed rebellion of Wagner’s mercenaries has shown the cracks in the Russian leader’s power. In addition to the war in Ukraine, the president faces international pressure, faltering domestic support and a bleak economic outlook

Officials in the Ukrainian capital didn’t provide an exact number of drones that attacked the city. But Ukraine’s air force said that across the country, eight Shaheds and three Kalibr cruise missiles were launched by the Russians

In a press availability with Spanish media outlets – including EL PAÍS – the president of Ukraine discussed the new dangers facing Europe and his country, along with the growing instability in Russia

The Ukrainian-held city in the Zaporizhzhia region is one of the staging points for Kyiv’s counteroffensive, making it a target for daily shelling by the Kremlin’s forces

Prigozhin and his fighters escaped prosecution and were offered refuge in Belarus by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who said his country could use their experience and expertise

It’s not clear whether Surovikin faces any charges or where he is being held, reflecting the opaque world of the Kremlin’s politics and uncertainty after the revolt

At least 11 people died in a Russian attack on a restaurant in Kramatorsk, where Colombians on a solidarity mission were having dinner

Officials also claim there are indications other Russian generals may have supported Prigozhin’s attempt to forcibly change the leadership of the Defense Ministry

Following the aborted uprising, it remains unclear where Prigozhin’s 20,000-25,000 mercenaries are deployed and what their next move will be after their leader’s exile

China’s ruling Communist Party called the swift end of the 22-hour revolt Moscow’s ‘internal affair,’ with state media affirming China’s support for Russia

Those prisoners agreeing to join the mercenary group were promised freedom after their service, but cases where these recruits are involved in violent crimes are causing alarm

Russian authorities said Tuesday that they have closed a criminal investigation into the Wagner uprising and are pressing no charges against Prigozhin or his followers

The support received by the mercenary group is threatening the united front that the Kremlin is trying to build

The Russian president said all necessary measures have been taken to protect the country and the people from the rebellion. He blamed ‘Russia’s enemies’ and said they ‘miscalculated’

The president said Monday that he spoke to allies over the weekend, and they are all in sync in working to ensure that they give Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘no excuse to blame this on the West’

Around 99% of residential buildings and 80% of the houses are damaged or destroyed in the town, which is close to the front where the Wagner Group gained greater prominence

The end of the rebellion has raised questions about what will happen to the mercenary group, which acts as the Kremlin’s unofficial armed wing in countries such as Mali and the Central African Republic

Life in Moscow and the southwest border with Ukraine has returned to normal after the mercenaries stopped their march towards the Russian capital, but the security crisis has called into question Putin’s strongman image

Washington’s greatest concern in the face of a possible rebellion led by Prigozhin centered on control of Russia’s nuclear arsenal