By FRANCE 24
The head of the Russian Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said overnight he had taken control of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don as part of an attempt to oust Russia’s defence minister. The 62-year-old’s open challenge to Moscow’s military comes after months of growing tensions over the conduct of the war in Ukraine.
Source: Portrait: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the man leading an armed rebellion in Russia
Category: Europe
