The uprising showed that '[Putin's] regime can be toppled very easily,' Boris Bondarev, who publicly quit over the war in Ukraine, told Newsweek.
Boris Bondarev became Russia's first and only diplomat to publicly quit over Putin's war in Ukraine in May 2022. The former member of Russia's delegation to the
Russian President Vladimir Putin speeches during his meeting with officers of Russian army and secret services who prevented invasion of PMC Wagner Group to Russian capital last weekend, on June 27, 2023 in Moscow, Russia. Hundreds Russian officers gathered at the Cathedral Square of the Kremlin to listen to Vladimir Putin's speech.
The Wagner chief said on June 24 that his forces faced no resistance as they advanced from southern Russia to the capital. The head of the Russian National Guard, Viktor Zolotov, said Tuesday that Moscow concentrated all forces on the defense of the city"otherwise they would have passed through us like a knife through butter.
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