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Russian rebellion live updates: Kremlin says it will drop criminal case against Wagner leader

Ah, so all is well & any day now Prigoshin will be invited for tea by Vlad. Wonder how/if Wagner's troops and the newly gifted strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus play any role. For that matter, wonder how Vlad's focus on more "winning" his "special operation" holds up.

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Russian rebellion live updates: Kremlin says it will drop criminal case against Wagner leader

Is there a coup in Russia? President Vladimir Putin calls the armed rebellion by the Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigoshin a "betrayal."

Ah, OK... Whatever the details and spin, here's the gist...

EXILED Wagner leader Prigozhin flees Russia for Belarus after ‘agreeing to stand down’ in deal with Kremlin to end rebellion

Commentary/synopsis (above) is from the always-astute Russian-born (now American) novelist, Gary Shteyngart:

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Wagner leader Prigozhin flees Russia for Belarus after 'agreeing to stand down' in deal with Kremlin

WAGNER Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin will flee to Belarus in a deal agreed with the Kremlin after standing down his fighters just 120 miles from Moscow. Today Vladimir Putin faced the biggest chal…

RIA Novosti: #Warsaw is preparing for an armed coup in #Belarus and participation in its military support, said the former Deputy Minister of Defense of #Poland Skshipchak.

According to him, Belarusians, who are now participating in hostilities in #Ukraine, can take part in the "uprising".

— "We need to be ready to support those troops who will conduct an operation against #Lukashenka. We have reasons to help them, as we help Ukrainians," the general said."

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(PS. CIA has nothing to do with it for sure!)

● NEWS ● #RFERL ☞ #Lukashenka Says #Belarus Willing To Host Russian Nuclear Weapons https://www.rferl.org/a/lukashenka-russian-nuclear-weapons/31587503.html

Lukashenka Says Belarus Willing To Host Russian Nuclear Weapons

Belarus's authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, has said that his country would be willing to host Russian nuclear weapons if NATO moved similar U.S. equipment from Germany to Eastern Europe.

● NEWS ● #RFERL ##PressFreedom ☞ #Belarusi Journalist Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For 'Insulting' #Lukashenka https://www.rferl.org/a/31390171.html

Belarusian Journalist Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For 'Insulting' Lukashenka

A Belarusian journalist has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of insulting the country's authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, and slandering two police officers.