RUSSIA CRISIS ANALYSIS President Putin unmasked - pulling back the curtain on Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary mutiny 7 min 1 By Marianne Thamm
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR Between pre-truth Putin and post-truth Trump is a tribe of journalists whose lenses always stay focused 4 min 2 By Heather Robertson
WAR IN EUROPE Russia will emerge stronger after Wagner mutiny – foreign minister Lavrov 3 min 2 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 30 JUNE 2023 Top general questioned on ties to mercenary group; Latvian premier warns on Wagner in Belarus 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
WAR IN EUROPE Kremlin gives no detail on fate of ‘General Armageddon’ Sergey Surovikin after mercenary mutiny 5 min 1 By Reuters
By Andriy Yermak To paraphrase Nelson Mandela, Ukraine’s birthright is not for sale 4 min 11 29 June 2023
DIPLOMATIC DILEMMA ANALYSIS Emmanuel Macron’s wish to attend BRICS summit a tricky litmus test for South Africa 5 min 4 By Peter Fabricius
STUMBLING BLOC South Africa stands firm it will host BRICS Summit despite Putin arrest warrant conundrum 2 min 3 By Reuters
ISS TODAY OP-ED Prigozhin’s rebellion has thrown future of Wagner drive, Russian influence in Africa into doubt 5 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 29 JUNE 2023 Putin weakened after failed mutiny, says Biden; Poland to raise security on its Belarus border 5 min 1 By Bloomberg
GOLD MINING IN AFRICA US imposes new sanctions on Wagner Group days after mutiny 1 min 0 By Bloomberg
By Liubov Abravitova Russian Terrorist Circus – the naked ‘Tsar’ and the spectacle of a coup that resulted in nothing 4 min 2 28 June 2023
DOGS OF WAR IN AFRICA Wagner mercenaries have entirely captured Central African Republic, The Sentry report finds 6 min 10 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 26 JUNE 2023 Wagner uprising challenges Putin, says Blinken; Russian troops attempt to advance 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
GEOPOLITICS ANALYSIS The shattered myth of Putin as an invincible ruler of the Russian Federation 7 min 5 By J Brooks Spector
ANALYSIS Wagner-in-Chief: Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin’s rebelling bulldog of war? 4 min 2 By Marianne Thamm
RUSSIA CRISIS After a day of high drama, Yevgeny Prigozhin makes a deal with Putin, orders Wagner mercenary army U-turn 6 min 17 By Peter Fabricius
ISS TODAY OP-ED African Peace Mission seemed to have little impact on Russia, Ukraine conflict resolution 4 min 1 By Priyal Singh and Denys Reva
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Ramaphosa gets bad vibes from Putin — but European leaders stream into SA 5 min 19 By Peter Fabricius
