Russia Issues Call To “Rally Around” Putin After Mutiny

Reuters reports:

Russia has faced “a challenge to its stability” and must remain united behind President Vladimir Putin, its prime minister said on Monday, after mercenaries briefly occupied a strategic command centre for its Ukraine war and marched on Moscow.

The armed mutiny over the weekend by the powerful Wagner Group and its abrupt ending with no apparent penalties for the perpetrators or their leader were followed on Monday by official moves to return the country to normal.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said during a televised government meeting that Russia had faced “a challenge to its stability”. “We need to act together, as one team, and maintain the unity of all forces, rallying around the president,” he said.

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“Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Monday that the country had faced “a challenge to its stability” and must remain united behind President Vladimir Putin following Saturday’s abortive mutiny by heavily armed Wagner mercenary fighters.” https://t.co/ol5BAK8CPG

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