LIVE UPDATES: Security Boosted in Several Russian Regions Following Coup Attempt
On Friday, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) opened a criminal case for inciting armed mutiny over statements made on behalf of Wagner group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. | The FSB said that there was a threat of escalation on Russian territory. The Russian Defense Ministry said that social media reports about alleged Russian military strikes on camps belonging to PMC Wagner were not true. Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov has made a report to Russian President Vladimir Putin concerning Prigozhin's case, according to the Kremlin. Security has been boosted in several regions of Russia, as well as the capital of Moscow, on Saturday morning.
■ Prigozhin Agrees to Stop PMC Wagner March, Start De-Escalation After Lukashenko's Mediation (Sputnik News)
■ Wagner boss confirms cancellation of advance on Moscow (RT.com)
■ Russians Urged to Unite in Face of Wagner Armed Mutiny Attempt (Sputnik News)
■ Address to citizens of Russia (President of Russia)
■ Key points of Putin’s address to nation over PMC Wagner coup attempt (RT.com)
■ Russia will defend itself from internal treachery, says Putin (TASS)
■ We will defend our country from internal treason – Putin (RT.com)
■ Chechen commandos leave for areas of tensions - Kadyrov (TASS)
■ Prigozhin Coup Attempt: What We Know So Far (Sputnik News)
■ Prigozhin charged with armed mutiny, to face up to 20 years in prison (TASS)
■ FSB opens criminal case after Wagner boss calls for ‘armed rebellion’ (RT.com)
■ Top Russian general sends message to ‘mutinous’ Wagner PMC (RT.com)
■ Sergey Surovikin calls on Wagner PMC to resolve problems peacefully, not to aid enemy (TASS)
■ Wagner chief spreading misinformation – MOD (RT.com)
■ Lukashenko negotiates with Prigozhin (BELTA)(Belarus)
■ Wagner chief says his rebel troops 'turning back to avoid bloodshed' (The New Indian Express)
■ Wagner mercenary group standing down its coup attempt on Moscow after talks with Kremlin (LBC News)
■ Erdoğan ready to help seek 'peaceful resolution' in Russia (Hürriyet Daily News)(Türkiye)
■ Russian president calls armed Wagner Group rebellion a 'betrayal' and vows 'punishment' (The Scotsman)
■ Defiant Wagner chief says his forces in Ukraine have crossed into Russia (Yeni Şafak)(Türkiye)
■ President of Russia calls actions of Prigozhin “rebellion and stab in the back” (24.kg)(Kyrgyzstan)
■ Prigozhin in open rebellion after Kremlin’s attempt to bring his Wagner Group under state control backfires
■ Russia urges Wagner forces to return to 'points of permanent deployment' (The Business Standard)(India)
■ Explained: Wagner Group coup against Putin, Russian military leadership (Hindustan Times)
■ On Prigozhin's Insurrection Farce (Moon of Alabama)
■ ‘Staggering’: How Western media is responding to Prigozhin’s coup attempt (RT.com)
■ Ukrainian officials jubilant over coup attempt in Russia (RT.com)
■ ‘Won’t surrender’: Wagner chief on Putin's ‘treason’ claim after Russia coup (Hindustan Times)
■ Putin vows to ‘punish’ Russian mercenary force after they launch shock attack (Sunday World)(Ireland)
■ Defiant Prigozhin says his fighters are “patriots,” lambasts “corruption” that plagues Russia’s imperial conquests (Euromaidan Press/George Soros)