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Russia’s short-lived insurrection has handed Joe Biden the most perilous version yet of a dilemma that has confounded the last five US presidents: how to handle Vladimir Putin. Every US commander in chief since Bill Clinton has sought in some way to engage the former KGB officer, whose mission to restore Russian greatness was…

CNN  —  In his first comments since ending a short-lived rebellion, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, said he called it off to prevent Russian bloodshed and that the rising was a protest rather than attempt to topple the government. “The purpose of the march was to prevent the destruction of PMC…

CNN  —  A candidate from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won a local leadership post for the first time on Sunday in a resounding victory for a group whose anti-migrant, Euroskeptic and anti-Muslim agenda is under surveillance by German authorities. The AfD’s Robert Sesselmann triumphed over incumbent Jürgen…

Kyiv CNN  —  Seismic shifts in Moscow must surely spell similar earthquakes along the front lines in Ukraine. But as of Monday, that’s yet to happen. Ukraine’s forces have announced slight changes along the southern front during the weekend and more sustained progress around the largely symbolic city of Bakhmut…

London CNN  —  A new suspect has been named in the racist murder of Black teenager Stephen Lawrence in southeast London over 30 years ago. Matthew White, who died in 2021, was named by London’s Metropolitan Police Service (Met) in a statement Monday which apologized for a “significant and regrettable…

CNN  —  Wagner mercenary boss Yevegeny Prigozhin over-reached and lost. His hubris-fuelled insurrection failed through a combination of hot-headed ambition and his inability to read Putin’s inner circle, of which he was a member, properly. As one informed Moscow resident told me, the “system wasn’t ready for the radical change”…

CNN  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has just survived his biggest ever challenge – but has largely remained out of the spotlight since then. The long-time Russian leader has not addressed his country since delivering a somber speech on Saturday morning, at the height of an insurrection led by his…

Moscow CNN  —  Some Russians greeted the weekend’s armed insurrection led by the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, with sympathy, appearing to welcome the mercenary fighters. In the southern Russian city Rostov-on-Don, which was briefly occupied by Wagner troops, videos showed residents cheering them on, taking pictures…

CNN  —  The weekend’s events in Russia seem an almost surreal interruption to the long slog of conflict unfolding in neighboring Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin’s challenge to the Russian state erupted and receded in the space of 24 hours, but the consequences of his short-lived mutiny may reverberate for much longer.…

Desperately projecting that everything is as it was, the Kremlin is only emphasizing how much has changed. These were 36 hours that provided a glimpse of the end of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Almost every action was improbable, at best a week ago — much was inconceivable, 17 months ago. A…

CNN  —  Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, has undergone surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer, she revealed in an episode of her “Tea Talks” podcast released Monday. During the podcast, which was recorded last week before her surgery, Ferguson said, “Tomorrow I’m going in for a mastectomy.” “I want…

Story highlights A letter bomb is addressed to the CEO of Deutsche Bank It is delivered to the bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, police say New York’s deputy police commissioner says the device was detected in the bank’s mail room CNN  —  Authorities are investigating a letter bomb addressed to…

Story highlights CNN presents a selection of eco-friendly buildings that were honored this year Eco-friendly buildings include schools, homes, sports arenas and office buildings Awarded by Royal Institute of British Architects and American Institute of Architects among others CNN  —  Some house important corporate meetings; others are family homes. Some…

Story highlights NEW: Russia must stop “mistreatment” of peaceful protesters, rights group Amnesty says An opposition rally in Moscow fails to materialize but police are out in force Mikhail Gorbachev calls elections unfair, a Russian report says Demonstrators protest election results, which returned Vladimir Putin’s party to power Moscow CNN…

CNN  —  Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece’s center right New Democracy party, has won a second four-year term as prime minister in a resounding electoral victory Sunday, preliminary results show. Mitsotakis, 55, is now set to return to the prime minister’s office in a stronger position. “We have high targets…

CNN  —  Desperately projecting that everything is as it was, the Kremlin is only emphasizing how much has changed. These were 36 hours that provided a glimpse of the end of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Almost every action was improbable, at best a week ago – much was inconceivable,…

CNN  —  Nearly three years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin stood by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in his hour of need, backing Europe’s longest-running dictator as he faced a wave of street protests. Now Lukashenko appears to have come through for Putin, if we are to believe what the Kremlin…

CNN  —  In the end, the uprising was short-lived. But for a brief and chaotic 36 hours, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power appeared to be under serious threat, as thousands of Wagner fighters led by warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin closed in on the country’s capital. With the private mercenary…

CNN  —  Within a remarkable day and a half, Russia faced the very real threat of an armed insurrection, with President Vladimir Putin vowing to punish Wagner fighters marching toward Moscow and occupying cities along the way – before a sudden deal with Belarus seemed to defuse the crisis as…

Wagner fighters pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday night. Stringer/Reuters After previously refusing to surrender, Wagner private military company chief Yevgeny Prigozhin announced his forces were turning around from a march toward Moscow — suddenly defusing a crisis that…

CNN  —  Ever since President Vladimir Putin gave the order for Russian troops to invade Ukraine, the international response has understandably focused on how best to end the land war. That has meant sending conventional military hardware – tanks, missile systems, artillery – and training Ukrainian soldiers.   Not bad for an organization France’s President Emmanuel Macron warned in…

CNN  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing the greatest threat to his authority in two decades after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner paramilitary group and Putin’s former ally, launched an apparent insurrection. Wagner has claimed control of several military facilities and has dispatched some of his troops…

CNN  —  Vladimir Putin, meet the Law of Unintended Consequences. In the years leading up to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a St. Petersburg-based businessman named Yevgeny Prigozhin emerged as a canny political entrepreneur. Prigozhin and his companies served the interests of the Russian state, advancing Putin’s foreign policy in…

CNN  —  Yevgeny Prigozhin is the founder and bombastic leader of Russia’s private military group Wagner. His organization is now in the midst of an apparent insurrection, after claiming control of military facilities in two cities and threatening to march on Moscow. Prigozhin was once a close ally of Russian…