Vladimir Putin

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, right, sits inside a military vehicle posing for a selfie photo with a local civilian on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area of the headquarters of the Southern Military District (AP Photo)

Analysis

With Russia revolt over, Wagner future and direction of Ukraine war uncertain

Putin and Prigozhin remain publicly silent; Blinken says events are ‘extraordinary,’ adding ‘I think we’ve seen more cracks emerge in the Russian façade’

A serviceman stands atop of an armored vehicle of the Wagner Group military company, as he guards an area at the HQ of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (AP)

US spy agencies reportedly detected early signs of Russia revolt by Wagner chief

By AFP

June 26, 2023, 8:53 am

With Russia revolt over, Wagner future and direction of Ukraine war uncertain

Putin and Prigozhin remain publicly silent; Blinken says events are ‘extraordinary,’ adding ‘I think we’ve seen more cracks emerge in the Russian façade’

By AP

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on monitors as he addresses the nation after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, called for armed rebellion and reached the southern city of Rostov-on-Don with his troops, in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2023. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

June 25, 2023, 12:32 pm

Russian mercenary leader’s revolt ends, but questions remain about Putin’s power

Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin agrees to go into exile but his foray toward Moscow exposed Kremlin weakness and will leave a diminished Russian president, say Western analysts

By AP

June 25, 2023, 6:50 am

US spy agencies reportedly detected early signs of Russia revolt by Wagner chief

Intelligence officials conducted briefings on potential for unrest in nuclear-armed country a full day before it unfolded, Washington Post and New York Times report

By AFP

In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

June 25, 2023, 1:07 am

Kremlin says Wagner chief to move to Belarus after rebellious march on Moscow

Moscow says Yevgeny Prigozhin will not face prosecution as part of deal to end most significant challenge to Putin in more than 20 years in power

By Agencies

In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP)

June 24, 2023, 10:32 pm

Rebellious Wagner chief announces surprise halt of march on Moscow, return to bases

Mercenaries were 200 kilometers from capital prior to deal negotiated by Belarusian autocrat Lukashenko

By AP

The Spasskaya Tower is seen through metal barriers at Moscow's Red Square on June 24, 2023. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP)

June 24, 2023, 8:18 pm

Israel issues advisory warning against travel to Russia after mercenary group rebels

PM, diplomats to discuss developments as Wagner Group leader abruptly announces halt of advance on Moscow

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Members of Wagner group sit atop of a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. (Stringer/AFP)

June 24, 2023, 3:17 pm

‘Russia’s weakness is obvious’: World watches and reacts to Wagner mutiny

UK Defense Ministry analysis says incident ‘represents the most significant challenge to the Russian state in recent times’

By AFP

A member of Wagner group stands guard in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. (Stringer/AFP)

June 24, 2023, 11:32 am

Putin vows to crush ‘treason’ as rebel Wagner leader takes Russian city, eyes Moscow

Russian president urges unity, calls move by mercenary force a ‘stab in the back’ to Russia; Prigozhin seizes military HQ handling fighting in Ukraine, sends convoy toward capital

By Agencies

June 24, 2023, 9:30 am

Rebellious Wagner leader says he’s taken key military sites in Russian city

Video shows mercenaries on streets of Rostov-on-Don at the Russian military HQ that oversees fighting in Ukraine; Prigozhin urges Russians not to believe news on state TV

By Agencies

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak applauds as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky appears on the screen at the opening session on the first day of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, June 21, 2023. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)

June 21, 2023, 4:50 pm

Zelensky: Putin is ‘like the second king of antisemitism after Hitler’

Ukrainian president is asked during BBC interview about Russian leader last week calling him a ‘disgrace to the Jewish people’

By ToI Staff

Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Courtesy Office of the President of Ukraine)

June 20, 2023, 6:09 pm

Zelensky chief of staff: Only Israel can provide what we need against Iranian drones

Andriy Yermak says Kyiv also still wants Israeli weapons to rebuff Russian invasion, ‘cannot understand’ how Netanyahu has yet to visit

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

A TV Screen showing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, 2nd left, between his lawyers in a courtroom, via video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, during a preliminary hearing, in Melekhovo, Vladimir region, Russia, June 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

June 19, 2023, 5:41 pm

Navalny goes on trial in Russia on charges of ‘rehabilitating Nazi ideology’

Russian opposition leader already serving nine years for fraud and contempt of court, but could be imprisoned for another 30 if found guilty

By Agencies

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrive for a working session at the Elysee Palace, on December 9, 2019, in Paris. (Ian Langsdon/Pool via AP)

June 16, 2023, 9:32 pm

Putin: My Jewish friends say Zelensky isn’t Jewish, is a ‘disgrace’ to the faith

Russian president wonders why Ukrainian president with ‘Jewish blood’ is covering ‘for these freaks and neo-Nazis’

By ToI Staff and AFP

This photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, shows a Russian Iskander-K missile launched during a military exercise at a training ground in Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

June 9, 2023, 6:17 pm

Putin says Russian tactical nuclear weapons to be deployed to Belarus next month

Belarusian opposition decries move as an attempt to blackmail the West as Ukraine steps up offensive

By AP

Ukraine's delegation with ambassador-at-large of the ministry of foreign affairs Anton Korynevych, right, and director general of international law of the ministry of foreign affairs Oksana Zolotaryova, second right, wait for judges to enter the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

June 6, 2023, 2:31 pm

Ukraine brands Russia ‘terrorist state,’ opening hearings in case at top UN court

Kyiv wants the International Court of Justice to order Moscow to pay reparations for attacks in Crimea, including for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17

By Mike Corder