Wagner Leader Prigozhin Met With Putin Days After Aborted Revolt
Posted on AllSides July 10th, 2023
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Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commanders met with Russian President Vladimir Putin days after the group’s short-lived revolt against Moscow, according to the Kremlin, the latest act in the drama surrounding the future of the paramilitary chief and one that underlines his continued influence.
Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, said Monday that the three-hour meeting between Putin and his former ally took place on June 29, after Prigozhin advanced on Moscow on June 24, in an aborted mutiny that posed the most serious challenge to Putin in his 23 years in power.
“The president had such a meeting,” Peskov...
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