Aug 23 Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard plane that crashed, Russian agency says By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency. Continue reading
Aug 22 Putin remotely attends BRICS summit in South Africa while facing war crimes warrant By Gerald Imray, Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press Russia, India, China and South Africa is holding its first in-person meeting since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Putin's travel to Johannesburg was complicated by an outstanding International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest over the abduction of children from Ukraine. Continue reading
Jul 27 Russia's claim of placing nuclear weapons in Belarus escalates regional tension By Associated Press The declared deployment of the Russian weapons on the territory of its neighbor and loyal ally marks a new stage in the Kremlin’s nuclear saber-rattling over its invasion of Ukraine and another bid to discourage the West from increasing military… Continue reading
Jul 19 South Africa says Putin will skip a Johannesburg summit next month because of his ICC arrest warrant By Gerald Imray, Associated Press The decision means South Africa will not have to face the dilemma of whether it should act on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against the Russian leader. Continue reading
Jul 16 Putin warns Ukraine against using U.S.-supplied cluster bombs, saying Russia has its own 'sufficient stockpile' By Elise Morton, Felipe Dana, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Sunday that Moscow has a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster munitions, and warned that Russia “reserves the right to take reciprocal action” if Ukraine uses the controversial weapons. Continue reading
Jul 14 South Africa urges Putin to not attend August summit due to international arrest warrant By Gerald Imray, Associated Press South Africa's deputy president says Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to attend an economic summit in South Africa next month but the country is trying to persuade him to stay away to avoid the legal and diplomatic fallout over his… Continue reading
Jul 14 Putin reveals he offered Wagner mercenaries the option to stay as a single unit after uprising By Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin says he offered mercenaries from the Wagner private military company the chance to keep serving as a single unit under the same commander. The comments come amid new cracks appearing in the Russian military as the… Continue reading
Jul 04 Putin says Russia is 'united as never before' during Shanghai multilateral summit By Ashok Sharma, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press President Vladimir Putin says that the Russian people were "united as never before" as he sought to project confidence in the wake of a short-lived revolt at a meeting of a rare international organization where he can find a sympathetic… Continue reading
Jun 30 A week after an armed rebellion rattled Russia, key details still shrouded in mystery By Associated Press A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin's rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising remain shrouded in mystery. Continue reading
Jun 29 Analysis: What changes can be expected in Russia in response to the Wagner rebellion? By Thomas Graham, Council on Foreign Relations The challenge to Russia’s military and leadership from the mercenary Wagner Group marks a setback to Putin’s stature and possibly the Ukraine war effort. Continue reading