A senior U.S. official says the best way to see what’s happening now in Russia is an attempted mafia takeover, writes NBCNews’ chief foreign correspondent RichardEngel.
to become the Republican presidential nominee, urged solidarity with Russia in a tweet.
In a fairly glib tweet on Saturday, the Defense Ministry said it was curious why Russian soldiers"are still sitting in muddy trenches." Their efforts, the ministry suggested, could be better used at home.57m ago / 4:27 PM UTCSally Bronston Such parties were postponed until July 1 in Moscow, the region around the capital and “a number of other regions where additional anti-terrorist measures have been introduced,” the ministry said in a statement.
Connolly, a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a former head of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, said that Putin created the Wagner paramilitary group and gave it"enormous latitude." Many of them owe their influence, in one way or another, to Putin. But many of those people also know Wagner group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin well. Kremlin officials have talked to me at length about their personal experiences working with him — so this is a fight between brothers.
"Border security has been strengthened, visa or border entry from Russians leaving Russia due to current events won’t be considered," he added.NBC News
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