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Mutiny in Moscow: why it is not all over for Vladimir Putin
Hubertus Jahn, professor of the history of Russia at Cambridge University, explains how the “mafia boss” in the Kremlin has seen a crack emerge in his enterprise – and who knows what might happen next.
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Can the Russian leader retain his grasp on power?
Here in Ukraine, the question is will history repeat itself? The last attempted coup in Russia in 1991 was quashed, but the Soviet leader Gorbachev was gone just months later. So is Putin now a President without a prayer?
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‘I can’t believe Putin would allow Prigozhin to go free’ says US diplomat
We spoke to Kurt Volker, a diplomat who served as the United States’ Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations from 2017 to 2019.
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Russia in turmoil in the wake of mutiny
Here in Ukraine the battle against Russian forces goes on remorselessly. But in Russia it’s the reverberations of yesterday’s extraordinary events that are still being felt. President Putin is reported to have spoken again on the phone to President Lukashenko of neighbouring Belarus, who yesterday brokered the deal that saw Yevgeny Prigozhin order his Wagner…
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Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin – and what are his plans for Russia?
We’re joined by Candace Rondeaux, who is director of the Future Frontlines initiative at the New America think-tank, and professor at the Center on the Future of War at Arizona State University. She has covered the rise of the Wagner Group since 2018. And by Arkady Ostrovsky is the Russia and Eastern Europe Editor of…
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‘Only one of them can remain’, says Ukrainian MP amid Yevgeny Prigozhin’s revolt against President Putin
We speak to Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko about the developments in Russia.
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Russia: ‘Armed rebellion’ launched by Wagner
An armed mutiny, a betrayal, a knife in the back – and a visibly angry Vladimir Putin speaking after the tanks and armoured vehicles of the Wagner Group of soldiers – supposedly fighting on his behalf – seize the city of Rostov-on-Don and take control of military sites in an audacious act of rebellion. The…
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Government calls Cobra meeting to discuss unfolding developments in Russia
The UK government has called a Cobra meeting to discuss the unfolding events in Russia.
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Kherson residents rescue neighbours from flood waters
The people of Kherson had already lived through months of Russian occupation.
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Ukraine war: devastating aftermath of dam collapse revealed [dubbed]
Huge rescue and evacuation efforts are underway in Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson after the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam.
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UK missiles are escalating Ukraine conflict to ‘new level’, says Russian politician Evgeny Popov
We spoke to Evgeny Popov, an MP for President Putin’s United Russia party and a host of the 60 Minutes political news programme.
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Ukraine war: Russia says UK officials ‘legitimate military targets’
Ukraine’s long awaited summer offensive – months in the making – isn’t yet materialising as expected.
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Wagner chief tells Russian leaders to send their kids to war and says country ripe for revolution
The head of the private Russian mercenary group, Wagner, has said his troops are handing over the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut to regular Russian forces.
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In scaled down military parade, Putin accuses West of seeking to destroy his country
The Russian president Vladimir Putin has claimed “a real war has been unleashed again” against his country – at a distinctly scaled back parade through Moscow’s Red Square, marking the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender. Mr Putin used the occasion to justify Russia’s war in Ukraine – flanked by a handful of leaders from former…
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Ukraine: Red Cross warehouse among buildings hit in Russia airstrikes
At least 3 civilians have been killed and dozens injured after Russia launched another wave of drone and missile attacks across Ukraine during the night.