Russia. For a long night and day, the infamous Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin stages an apparent insurrection, first taking control of Rostov, then sending an armored convoy toward Moscow, raising questions about Vladimir Putin’s seizure of power. The Russian president accuses his former ally of “treason,” of launching an armed rebellion, and of “stabbing our country in the back.” But late on Saturday, June 24, Prigozhin calls it off and orders his men to return to base. “In 24 hours, we have come within 200 kilometers of Moscow. In that time, we have not shed a single drop of our fighters’ blood,” he announced. Twenty-four hours of chaos for power in Russia.
