News Snapshot:
The last pretence of Vladimir Putin to be, as he imagines, one of his nation’s historic rulers was stripped away on June 24th. A band of armed mercenaries swept through his country almost unopposed, covering some 750km (470 miles) in a single day, seizing control of two big cities and getting to within 200km of Moscow before withdrawing unharmed. Mr Putin long ago failed as a reformer, having presided over ever-deepening corruption and economic stagnation and unable to make Russia anything more than a purveyor of hydrocarbons just as the age of oil and gas is coming to an end....
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June 30, 2023
20:48
PM Modi, Vladimir Putin Discuss Ukraine, Wagner Mutiny Over Call
Source: oneindia.com
June 30, 2023
09:31
Why Putin reached out to Iran and Turkey but not to ‘friend’ Modi or ‘brother’ Xi Jinping
Source: theprint.in
June 26, 2023
21:05
Russia-Ukraine war latest: Kremlin reportedly threatened Wagner families as soldiers marched to Moscow
Source: news.yahoo.com
June 26, 2023
06:47
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 488 of the invasion
Source: theguardian.com
June 22, 2023
01:34
Vladimir Putin’s former ‘chef’ was an ally of the Russian leader. Now he and the Wagner boss are locked in a potentially dangerous feud
Source: abc.net.au
