In a speech to the Russian nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin excoriated the organizers of the Wagner rebellion by calling them "traitors."
The Russian leader said the organizers lied to their own people and "pushed them to death, under fire, to shoot their own," deflecting Wagner.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his allies seek to recast Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s abortive uprising as a demonstration of Russia’s unity behind the Kremlin.