US spy agencies had learned in mid-June about armed action being planned by Wagner mercenary group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, said a report. There were “enough signals to be able to tell the leadership [in the US] that something was up”, a report by The Washington Post said, citing an unnamed US official. “So I think they were ready for it.” Meanwhile, Mr Prigozhin and his troops won’t face criminal charges over his attempted coup in Russia, the Kremlin said.
Prigozhin and his troops won’t face criminal charges over his attempted coup in Russia, the Kremlin said.
US spy agencies had learned in mid-June about armed action being planned by Wagner mercenary group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, said a report.There were “enough signals to be able to tell the leadership [in the US] that something was up”, a report by The Washington Post said, citing an unnamed US official. “So I think they were ready for it.”Meanwhile, Mr Prigozhin and his troops won’t face criminal charges over his attempted coup in Russia, the Kremlin said.
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