Moscow's Basmanny Court has ordered the arrest of seven members of nationalist organisations who are allegedly suspected of attempting to assassinate well-known propagandist Margarita Simonyan and TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak.
Russian General Sergey Surovikin is not currently under arrest and has been released after interrogation, Russian independent website Vazhnyye Istorii (Important Stories) reported on June 29.
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Head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has plenty of power and money, though lacks the authority to be considered as a future statesman. But his strategy of high media and social media visibility has created a very personal brand of power that may protect him in the long run.
Russia failed to respond in time to an attack in the Belgorod region, close to the Ukraine border. Now, independent Russian news outlet Vazhnyye Istorii/Important Stories reveals hears from Russian security forces and military analysts about what this week's brazen incursion reveals about the vulnerability country's defenses.