New hazards of war enclose Belarusian town with turbulent past
Osipovichi, Belarus Reuters A Belarusian town with a turbulent past may hold some haunting new secrets: an empty camp that mutinous Russian mercenaries have yet to use and perhaps even a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons Russia says it has deployed in Belarus. In a former military camp surrounded by fir and birch forest […]
Analysis – Mutiny lays bare prospect for Putin of ‘forever war’ in Ukraine
Kyiv, UkraineReuters An abortive mutiny in Russia has shown the risks the Kremlin faces from a long, grinding conflict in Ukraine even though it has not handed Kyiv an immediate breakthrough on the battlefield. Many questions still swirl after Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner forces returned to base after Friday’s mutiny, which was called […]
Russian mercenary chief says he did not intend coup, Putin thanks those who stood down
Reuters The boss of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, two days after leading an aborted mutiny, on Monday said he never intended to overthrow the government, while Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Wagner fighters who stood down. Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin gave few clues about his own fate, including his whereabouts, or the deal under which […]
Essay: Wagner’s mutiny punctured Putin’s ‘strongman’ image and exposed cracks in his rule
In an article first published on The Conversation, PETER RUTLAND, professor of government at Wesleyan University, looks at events in Russia on the weekend – and what the longer-term impacts may be…
As soldiers mutiny in Burkina Faso, government dismisses talk of coup
Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoReuters Sustained gunfire rang out from military camps in Burkina Faso on Sunday as mutinying soldiers demanded more support for their fight against Islamist militants and protesters ransacked the headquarters of President Roch Kabore’s political party. The government called for calm, denying speculation on social media that the army had seized power or […]
Essay: Another mutiny turned coup – Mali is no stranger to military unrest
In an article first published on The Conversation, US-based academics CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL FAULKNER, JACLYN JOHNSON, JONATHAN POWELL and REBECCA SCHIEL look at the situation in Mali and what the country’s history shows us…