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it s saturday 2a june. our main story: the kremlin has ordered the arrest of the leader of its mercenary group, wagner, which has been assisting the country in its war against ukraine. yevgeny prigozhin has been accused of mutiny by russia it s after he called for a rebellion against russia s army. it follows accusations of a deadly attack on wagner forces. the fighters have left ukraine and entered russia, where security has been stepped up. vincent mcavinney reports. operation fortress activating in moscow. in the middle of the night, military vehicles protecting kremlin buildings. the full details of the plan are state secrets but a sign that putin is clearly worried because of this man. yevgeny prigozhin is the leader of the bagnaia group. wagoner group. prigozhin has been a close ally of putin s for years, accused of meddling in the 2016 us election and expanding russian influence in africa. since last year his has recruited dozens of convicts across russia to fi ....
jonathan charles is back with us geopolitical insight advisor, specialising in russia and the countries around it and a former bbc correspondent in moscow and ukraine markets in moscow and ukraine quick to react and no surprise markets quick to react and no surprise that the rouble has sunk. it surprise that the rouble has sunk. . , , ., ., sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks - sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks and - well for several weeks and months and it was inevitable with uncertainty and that is what we have with russia now, it has exacerbated a trend and we have seen that fall in the rouble. untilwe we have seen that fall in the rouble. until we know what is going to happen, can vladimir putin reassert that sense of strongman rule which at least is certainty, it may not be very nice, but at least it is certainty, then there will be questions about the economy, about th ....
leader to retreat. yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group, has been pictured apparently leaving the russian city of rostov on don along with his troops. only yesterday a heavily armed column of wagner troops was heading from rostov on don towards moscow, where defences were being prepared. those troops got to around 300 miles south of the russian capital. then, at around 6.30pm uk time, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance, in a deal brokered by the belarusian leader. with all the details, here s our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford. mutineers cheered as heroes. this crowd are shouting wagner, the name of the mercenary group that led me to putin had said treason a couple of hours earlier. in a day of high drama. the wagner group had rolled into rostov on saturday morning, leasing attacks on city streets and taking over a military command post for the ukraine war. there, wagner s boss was filmed haranguing senior ....
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