Now playing Next Russia 'Cut off their funding': US sanctions groups linked to Wagner A number of companies were sanctioned by the US for providing Wagner with a steady income stream through illegal trade in diamonds and gold. 29/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia Putin moves to 'destroy reputation' of Wagner boss, claims ISW Russia's president is trying to present Yevgeny Prigozhin as a corrupt liar, following his mutiny last weekend. 28/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia Prigozhin arrives in Minsk, Lukashenko confirms Prigozhin’s exile in Belarus had been earlier announced by the Kremlin as part of the deal that ended the rebellion 27/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia Putin condemns mutiny attempt as Prigozhin explains Wagner rebellion President Putin and Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin have both made public statements about a suspected mutiny with Putin issuing ultimatum to mercenaries 27/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia "Attempts to create internal disorder will fail," Putin tells nation In his address to the nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned what he called the "criminal actions" of those who staged an "armed mutiny." 26/06/2023
Now playing Next Belarus Prigozhin breaks his silence: March on Moscow was protest, not coup Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russian mercenary Wagner Group has broken his silence, releasing an 11-minute audio message, where he claims that he initiated Saturday's ''march of justice" to Moscow as a protest and "not to overthrow the country's government." 26/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia Euroviews. No mutiny is worth it to Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov — at least for now As long as Putin sits on his gilded throne in Moscow, Ramzan Kadyrov will stay as close to him as humanly possible, Aleksandar Đokić writes. 26/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia Russian defence minister filmed in Urkaine after Wagner revolt Sergei Shoigu was filmed in a military helicopter and attending a meeting with military officials in a video aimed at projecting a sense of order after a weekend of chaos. 26/06/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Josep Borrell on Wagner mutiny: 'The monster acts against his creator' Foreign affairs ministers of the European Union gather in Luxembourg on Monday as they digest the aftermath of the attempted military coup in Russia. 26/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia Wagner forces return to base after aborted mutiny humiliates Putin A brief revolt saw Wagner Group soldiers under Yevgeny Prigozhin's command move unimpeded into the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and advance toward Moscow before abruptly turning back. 25/06/2023
Now playing Next Ukraine Wagner chief says Ukraine never threatened to attack Russia The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group has said Ukraine never threatened to attack his country, contradicting Putin's justification for the war 23/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia Russia says it has brought down three Ukrainian drones Two of the drones were brought down outside Moscow as they approached the warehouses of a local military unit, Russian authorities said on Wednesday. 21/06/2023
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine war: African peace plan, NATO membership, flooding death toll Follow the latest updates from the war in Ukraine 18/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia African leaders meet President Putin in Russia on "peace mission" Vladimir Putin has met with a group of African leaders who flew to Russia on a self-styled “peace mission” a day after they visited Ukraine. 17/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia Vladimir Putin says Russian nuclear weapons are now in Belarus “We have more such weapons than the NATO countries. They know about it, and all the time we are being persuaded to start negotiations on reductions. The hell with them, you know, as our people say,” Russia's President has said. 16/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia Euroviews. In Putin's empire, the only thing that matters is the throne Do the lives of Russians anywhere matter to such a monstrous political entity as the Russian empire? The answer is simple – they don’t, Aleksandar Đokić writes. 15/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia Russia adopts law pardoning criminals who fight in Ukraine Those convicted of crimes against "sexual integrity", terrorism, high treason, espionage and other "particularly grave crimes" are exempt. 15/06/2023
Now playing Next Russia Navalny ally Chanysheva jailed in Russia over extremism claims Navalny ally and supporter Lilia Chanysheva jailed by Russian court over extremism claims as Kremlin continues anti-opposition crackdown 14/06/2023
Now playing Next Ukraine Putin claims Western tanks 'burning well' in Ukraine and other news All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine. 14/06/2023
Now playing Next Italy Euroviews. Berlusconi's death is Europe's first populist's final triumph Unlike today's autocrats who make grim threats against the institutions of the rule of law, Berlusconi brushed them aside in a light-hearted and smiling manner, with jokes, silk neckerchiefs, and catchy ditties — an authentic made-in-Italy product, ready to be exported, Giorgio Fruscione writes. 12/06/2023