Russia began lifting emergency restrictions in an effort to restore normality after the dramatic end to an armed uprising that posed the greatest threat to President Vladimir Putin’s almost quarter-century rule. Putin hasn’t been seen in public since he denounced the revolt led by Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin as “treason” in a short televised address to the nation early Saturday. Prigozhin’s forces advanced to within 200 kilometers (124 miles) of Moscow before he pulled them back in a deal brokered by Putin’s ally, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Under the agreement, the Kremlin said Putin ... (full story)