Any threats of an armed coup in Russia vanished quickly on Saturday after Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin s advance to Moscow was called off after striking a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This saw Wagner fighters ending their march to Moscow and returning to their bases in the South. The deal will also have the Wagner chief moving to Belarus.
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President Vladimir Putin has long profited from the actions of the Wagner mercenary group, but the mutiny led by its chief Yevgeny Prigozhin presents the Russian strongman with a challenge that could irreparably damage his authority, analysts say.
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