Russia's defense minister has appeared in public for the first time since this weekend’s dramatic armed rebellion that sought to oust him from power.
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The dizzying nature of the armed rebellion and its abrupt conclusion left many in Russia, the West and beyond with questions. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Monday he was lifting all restrictions from the “counter-terrorism regime” imposed in a bid to halt the mercenaries' march. Military checkpoints had been established, roads torn up and public events canceled.The apparent effort to project a sense of order followed a mutiny that left Putin's strongman rule in unprecedented uncertainty.
Then they suddenly turned back, the product of a purported deal that would see Prigozhin leave for Belarus and the charges dropped against his fighters — who Putin had hours earlierThe Wagner chief was filmed late Saturday leaving Rostov-on-Don, the southern Russian city where his men had captured strategic buildings, to cheers from the public. But that was the last time he was seen in public and he has not confirmed any deal.
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