Wagner Group seized control of a strategic city in Russia

SAFM
26 Jun 2023

The Wagner Group seized control of the strategic city of Rostov and advanced an armed convoy to within 200 kilometres of Moscow. However, after a deal was struck, The private militia group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin ordered his troops to retreat to avoid shedding Russian blood. In this SAFM interview, SAIIA’s Senior Researcher Gustavo De Carvalho says the insurrection shows that Russia president’s hand of creating a stronger system of control of the military has failed.

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