Mutiny was most serious challenge to Putin’s rule | DW News

It has been a year since Yevgeny Prigozhin led the Wagner Group of mercenaries in an uprising against the Kremlin.

Angered by a lack of ammunition in the war against Ukraine, his Wagner Group forces marched unopposed into Rostov in southern Russia on 23 June last year. From there they set their sights on Moscow.

Prigozhin called off the coup within hours, but it was the most serious challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin's rule since he came to power in 1999. Exactly two months later, a plane carrying Prigozhin and his top aides crashed, killing everyone on board. The Kremlin denied any involvement. Russia has rejected an international investigation into the crash of Prigozhin's private plane over its territory.

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00:00 One year since Wagner mutiny challenged Putin
02:32 Sean McFate, Military Strategist
05:29 Kirill Shamiev, Political Scientist

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