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Putin thanks Russian troops for 'preventing a civil war'

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Matthew Mannion
June 27, 2023

While Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko confirmed that the head of the Wagner group Yevgeny Prigozhin had arrived in Belarus, Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking to reassert his authority.

Matthew Mannion Reporter, producer and editor, based in Berlin
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