BELGRADE (Reuters) – A Serbian court ordered on Monday the release of three Kosovan policemen detained on June 16 along the border between the two countries in an incident that heightened tensions between Belgrade and Pristina. “The non-trial panel of the High Court in Kraljevo confirmed the indictment against the aforementioned defendants and issued a …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was shown speaking to troops in a video released by his ministry on Monday, his first known appearance in public since a mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group. There was no sound on the video and it was not immediately clear where …
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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – An abortive mutiny in Russia has shown the risks the Kremlin faces from a long, grinding conflict in Ukraine even though it has not handed Kyiv an immediate breakthrough on the battlefield. Many questions still swirl after Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner forces returned to base after Friday’s …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin remains under investigation by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on suspicion of organising an armed mutiny, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday, citing an unidentified source. The criminal case against Prigozhin was initiated on June 23 after he announced a “march for justice” by his fighters against …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he discussed the weekend’s turmoil in Russia in phone calls with the leaders of the United States, Canada and Poland on Sunday, and that the “weakness” of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin had been “exposed”. The phone calls took place after an extraordinary failed mutiny by Russian mercenary …
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By David Morgan and Hannah Lang WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The unprecedented challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin by Wagner fighters has exposed fresh “cracks” in the strength of his leadership that may take weeks or months to play out, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday. Blinken and members of the U.S. Congress said …
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By Renee Maltezou and Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s conservative New Democracy party stormed to victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday with voters giving reformist Kyriakos Mitsotakis another four-year term as prime minister. With most votes counted, centre-right New Democracy was leading with 40.5% of the vote and 158 seats in the 300-seat parliament, …
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ROSTOV-ON-DON/VORONEZH, Russia (Reuters) -Heavily armed Russian mercenaries withdrew from the southern Russian city of Rostov under a deal that halted their rapid advance on Moscow but raised questions on Sunday about President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. Ending their short-lived mutiny, fighters of the Wagner group began heading back to their bases late on Saturday …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -A far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) candidate won a vote on Sunday to become a district leader in Europe’s biggest economy for the first time, a breakthrough for the party which has hit record highs in national polls. The 10-year old AfD, with which Germany’s mainstream parties officially refuse to cooperate due to …
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By Steve Gorman and Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Canadian safety officials on Friday opened an investigation into the undersea implosion of a tourist submersible that killed all five people aboard while diving to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, raising questions about the unregulated nature of such expeditions. A debris field from the submersible Titan …
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