The Kremlin on Sunday successfully intervened to halt the advancement of the Wagner Group, a private military organisation led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, which had posed a threat to Moscow.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing the most serious security crisis since he came to power in late 1999 after a head of a mercenary group captured a key military headquarters that served as a logistical base for its offensive in Ukraine.
Soon after Vladimir Putin vowed to crush the armed rebellion by Wagner mercenaries, the group reportedly said that the Russian President made the wrong choice during his speech and that the country will soon have a new premier.