On June 23rd Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, a Russian paramilitary group involved in Ukraine, declared his intention to take down Russia’s military leadership. On June 24th videos emerged showing Wagner forces outside Russia’s Southern Military District headquarters in the city of Rostov-on-Don, which they took seemingly with no resistance. Wagner fighters then moved towards the Russian capital, Moscow, before turning around after negotiating with the Belarusian president, Alyaksandar Lukashenka. On June 26th Mr Prigozhin declared that he had no intention to undermine the Russian regime. ... (full story)