The Wagner private military company led by Evgeny Prigozhin launched an insurrection in Russia that began on Friday evening and lasted through Saturday. The armed contractors managed to seize an army headquarters in the southern part of the country.

Despite an attempted betrayal, peace prevailed in Russia, the Venezuelan leader has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has managed to thwart a civil war in his country, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday, hours after PMC Wagner chief Evgeny Prigozhin agreed to stand down and cease his insurrection.

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