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What is happening in Russia right now with Putin and Wagner mercenary troops? Live updates

What’s happening in Russia? Kremlin says Wagner chief to leave for Belarus after rebellion

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Prigozhin was born in the former Soviet Union and served ten years in prison when he was younger. After he was freed from jail, he ran a hot dog stand before becoming the owner of several fancy restaurants in Saint Petersburg. His restaurants brought Prigozhin into close contact with Putin.
I feel like we missed a few steps on the way there, but it’s still an interesting origin story.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin
  Born to a poor ethnic Georgian family in the town of Gori [...], Stalin joined the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party [...] and raised funds for Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik faction via robberies, kidnappings and protection rackets.
  Local thugs/mafia-leaders raising to power in Russia/USSR is not a new thing.
  
  Yeah, Western leaders are saints
How far are they from Moscow? And i wonder if the US is behind this
- 200km from Moscow they turned around

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