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The Wagner mutiny showcases the immense cracks that are forming in Putin's command structure, and how these powers will emerge is far from certain.

"We were monitoring Putin...and it looks like indeed, he did leave Moscow," self-exiled former Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky told Newsweek.

A 26-year-old housewife from southern Kyrgyzstan said she fell victim to sex traffickers who lured her to Turkey with the promise of a job as a domestic worker. She managed to escape sexual slavery but wants those she accuses of deceiving her to face justice.

Russias "troll factory," accused of interfering in US elections, has been shut down.The factory was created by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the now-exiled leader of

Exiled Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin also lost both his lucrative government catering contract and his media group.

Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has now reportedly fled to Belarus, following an aborted mutiny challenging the Kremlin. Next up for the 62-year-old former petty criminal-turned-billionaire warlord? Staying alive. Or moving to Africa.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the 62-year-old former petty criminal-turned-restauranteur-billionaire warlord, has tackled many difficult assignments over the years

Two Uzbekistan-based companies, Alfa Beta Creative and GFK Logistics Asia, have been targeted by European Union sanctions aimed at pressuring Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

New Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov, whose government assumed power three weeks ago, has pledged increased support and better security for the country's defense industry following a second serious fire in less than a year at a private arms company.

Ukrainian forces have retaken 130 square kilometers in the south since the start of Kyiv's long-anticipated counteroffensive, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said early on June 26.