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Is Germany Europe's new defining military power?

As pundits and Western officials speculated wildly this week on what the apparent exile of the Wagner Group and its chief Yevgeniy Prighozin to Belarus might mean, Germany announced it would move to base 4,000 troops -- an entire combat brigade -- in neighbouring Lithuania.

Bangkok Post

NPO head pleads not guilty over Belarus organ transplants

The director of a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization who has been accused of arranging organ transplants in Belarus for Japanese patients pleaded not guilty at the Tokyo District Court on Friday.

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What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

A mutiny launched by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin fizzled out in 24 hours but the aftershocks will continue to be felt for months – and beyond

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Regional security 'deteriorating', says Lithuania's president

Talking Europe discusses European security with Gitanas Nausėda, the president of Lithuania. Ahead of next month's NATO summit in Vilnius, Nausėda urges a collective response to likely Wagner troop movements in Belarus. He also highlights the deployment of a permanent "full-fledged German brigade" in Lithuania and promotes a gradual approach…

France 24

A week after an armed rebellion rattled Russia, key details about it are still shrouded in mystery

A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising remain shrouded in mystery

The Independent UK

Wimbledon bans its merchandise from being sold in Russia and Belarus

The All England Club has confirmed it will not ship products to the two countries because of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

UN to investigate fate of 130,000 people missing in Syria war

Syria, Russia, Belarus, China, North Korea, Cuba and Iran were among those voting against UN resolution.

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Prigozhin and the aftermath of Russian folly

'I said to Putin: 'We could waste [Prigozhin], no problem. If not on the first try, then on the second.' I told him: 'Don't do this'," said Aleksander Lukashenko, long-ruling dictator of Belarus, clearly delighted at having upstaged his arrogant Russian counterpart. The worm had turned, and it was the…

Bangkok Post

Belarusian exiles’ hopes dashed as Lukashenko boasts of saving Putin

Opposition plans to overthrow Moscow-backed dictator are back on hold after his role in halting Wagner mutiny

The Guardian - UK

Belarus leader welcomes Wagner forces but others in the country see them as a threat

As life in Russia returns to normal after an armed rebellion by a mercenary group, tensions are rising in and around its neighbor Belarus, where the exiled leader of the force and some of its fighters are settling in

The Independent UK

Peter Leven set for Aberdeen appointment as Barry Robson beefs up backroom team

The 39-year-old was part of the Kilmarnock backroom team and has had spells in Belarus and Russia.

Daily Record

Recapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord

The dramatic rebellion by a mercenary warlord in Russia that challenged President Vladimir Putin was punctuated by dramatic language of the key protagonists – and some long silences

The Independent UK

Prigozhin’s mutiny, Putin’s mess: how Lukashenko came out looking like a ‘tactical winner’

The Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is seeking credit for stepping in to broker Wagner’s retreat and saving Russia from chaos. FRANCE 24 spoke to Pavel Slunkin, a former Belarusian diplomat, who shed light on what this means for Lukasheko's relationship with Moscow, his own security and the course of the…

France 24

What future awaits Russia’s Wagner army and its boss, Prigozhin?

Observers say Yevgeny Prigozhin is ‘doomed’ after turning on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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The Independent UK

Belarusian leader approved forced transfers of Ukrainian children, says opposition figure

A Belarusian opposition figure says that he has provided the International Criminal Court with materials that allegedly detail President Alexander Lukashenko's involvement in the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Belarus

The Week

Nato warning over Wagner troops in Belarus

Nato has issued a stark warning that the presence of Russia’s Wagner Group in Belarus could create issues for the bloc’s Eastern European members.

Daily Mirror

Wagner chief Prigozhin holed up in windowless hotel to avoid being assassinated by Putin

Mercenary warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, who was a convict and hot dog seller in a previous life, is staying in a hotel in the capital of Belarus, Minsk, where he has been exiled after calling off his brief uprising

Evening Standard

Wagner boss taking refuge in windowless Minsk hotel room, says US intelligence chief

Yevgeny Prigozhin is believed to have fled to the Belarusian capital after leading an uprising in Russia

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The Independent UK

Why are Russian and Belarusian players allowed back at Wimbledon?

Top players such as Aryna Sabalenka and Daniil Medvedev are back after the All England Club lifted its controversial ban

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: There are no winners in Wagner Group’s thwarted insurrection in Russia

The rebellion ended as quickly as it began. Less than a day after Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led thousands of his men into Russia and made a beeline toward Moscow, he called it off and pulled them back. In a deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Prigozhin…

Al Jazeera

Wagner boss Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus, says Lukashenko

The Belarusian leader confirms that Wagner forces are in Belarus as he hails his own role in halting the recent mutiny.

The Guardian - AU

Kramatorsk strike death toll rises to 11 – as it happened

Three children among dead in Russian attack that hit pizza restaurant in eastern Ukraine; US president says ‘hard to tell’ if Putin weakened by Wagner mutiny. This blog is now closed.

France 24

Time 'to welcome Sweden as a full member of NATO', says Stoltenberg

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday he has called a meeting of senior officials from Turkey, Sweden and Finland on July 6 to try to overcome Turkish objections to Sweden joining the military organisation. "The time is now to welcome Sweden as a full member of NATO," Stoltenberg told reporters…

Al Jazeera

NATO will defend members from threat of Wagner forces in Belarus

Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says military alliance will protect members from threats by either ‘Moscow or Minsk’.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 490 of the invasion

At least ten killed after Russian strike hits restaurant in Kramatorsk; Ukraine reforms domestic weapons production with appointment of Herman Smetanin

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