Activists hold a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin near Red Square in Moscow, on June 24, 2023. President Vladimir Putin on June 24, 2023 said an armed mutiny by Wagner mercenaries was a “stab in the back” and that the group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had betrayed Russia, as he vowed to punish the dissidents. Prigozhin said his fighters control key military sites in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)
A woman passes by a mural depicting the logo of Russia’s mercenary group Wagner in Belgrade on January 20, 2023. (Photo by OLIVER BUNIC/AFP via Getty Images)