Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘still facing charges’ over attempted mutiny


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Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin is still facing charges for his armed insurrection despite the Kremlin promising the charges against him would be dropped, according to state media. President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to crush what he called a treasonous mutiny after Mr Prigozhin said his Wagner Group fighters had taken control of the southern city of Rostov and were heading to Moscow on what he said was a “march for justice” intended to remove corrupt and incompetent Russian commanders. Under a deal mediated by Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko that defused the crisis late on Saturday, the Kremlin said a...