Putin Breaks Silence for First Time Since Wagner Mutiny Ended

Russian President Vladimir Putin has broken his silence for the first time since the Wagner mutiny ended in an uncertain truce on Saturday, with the Russian leader pledging in a televised address that the leaders of the Wagner rebellion would be brought to justice. Putin’s remarks on Monday were his first since a fiery speech several days ago while the apparent rebellion was still playing out and in which the Russian leader called the Wagner chief’s actions a “stab in the back” and pledged to crush what he described as a “rebellion.” Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner leader, on Saturday ordered his fast-advancing troops to stand down and return to base in a deal in which criminal charges against him would reportedly be dropped as he agreed to go into exile in neighboring Belarus....