In Russia, Road Repairs And Eerie Calm After Wagner Uprising
- By RFE/RL
Photos from Russia show a rush to erase all traces of the tumultuous events of June 24, and a swift return to apparent normality.
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A policeman patrols an empty Red Square on June 25. The Moscow landmark remains closed two days after an armed uprising that saw mutinous troops come within two hours' drive of Moscow on June 24.
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Workers repair a road in Rostov-on-Don on June 25.
Road surfaces in the southern Russian city were damaged by tank tracks after mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed rebellion on June 24 that seized the Southern Military District headquarters in Rostov-on-Don.
Road surfaces in the southern Russian city were damaged by tank tracks after mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed rebellion on June 24 that seized the Southern Military District headquarters in Rostov-on-Don.
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A man wearing a t-shirt and cap emblazoned with the emblem of Russia's Wagner Group in Moscow on June 25.
After a deal brokered by Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Prigozhin called off his June 24 rebellion as a large column of Wagner fighters and hardware were nearing Moscow.
After a deal brokered by Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Prigozhin called off his June 24 rebellion as a large column of Wagner fighters and hardware were nearing Moscow.
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The headquarters of Wagner Group in St. Petersburg on June 25. The building is reportedly closed and being patrolled by security guards, with police stationed nearby.
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People walking through the center of Rostov-on-Don on June 25.
During the Wagner takeover of the city, there were tense scenes as some locals argued with the fighters but the group, and Prigozhin personally, received a rapturous send-off from assembled crowds as they departed late on June 24.
During the Wagner takeover of the city, there were tense scenes as some locals argued with the fighters but the group, and Prigozhin personally, received a rapturous send-off from assembled crowds as they departed late on June 24.
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Russian soldiers clean the surroundings of the Southern Military District headquarters in Rostov-on-Don on June 25, the day after its capture by Wagner forces.
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Security officers check a car as it approaches the Kremlin on June 25.
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Muscovites enjoying summer weather on June 25.
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A man pulls down a billboard that was recruiting men into the Wagner group on June 24. The billboard stood alongside a highway on the outskirts of St. Petersburg.
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Russian soldiers on June 25 walk past a gate in Rostov-on-Don where a Wagner tank was stationed the day before.
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The blocked entrance to Red Square seen on June 25.
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Closed gates at the northern corner of Red Square. The historic gates were bolted shut on June 24, and a graduation ceremony scheduled to be held in the Kremlin that day has been cancelled entirely, according to local reports.
