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Fact Check: The Truth About Wagner Armed Mutiny
Fact Check: The Truth About Wagner Armed Mutiny
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On Friday, the Russian city of Rostov on the Don saw an attempted armed mutiny led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group. Russian President Vladimir... 24.06.2023, Sputnik Africa
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The Western and Ukrainian media are circulating fake stories related to the attempted mutiny in Russia. Sputnik Africa conducted a fact-checking of information injected by foreign media.Fake: President Vladimir Putin has left Moscow. Reality: Putin is currently working at the Kremlin, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.Fake: The streets are being blocked in Moscow. Reality: Additional road posts have been set up in capital, but they do not interfere with traffic. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said there were no restrictions on entry and exit from the city. Fake: Riots broke out in Moscow pre-trial detention centers. Reality: Russian Federal Penitentiary Service has immediately refuted this information. Fake: Wagner Group members released prisoners in Rostov-on-Don to join the mutiny. Reality: This claim is being spread by Ukrainian forces, who cite a non-existent publication from the 161 dot ru portal. There is no independent or credible confirmation of this assertion.
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Fact Check: The Truth About Wagner Armed Mutiny
On Friday, the Russian city of Rostov on the Don saw an attempted armed mutiny led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the mutineers' actions a criminal adventure, a stab in the back of Russia and treason caused by excessive ambition and personal interests.
The Western and Ukrainian media are circulating fake stories related to the attempted mutiny in Russia.
Sputnik Africa conducted a fact-checking of information injected by foreign media.
Fake: President Vladimir Putin
has left Moscow.
Reality: Putin is currently working at the Kremlin, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.
Fake: The streets are being blocked in Moscow.
Reality: Additional road posts have been set up in capital, but they do not interfere with traffic. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said there were no restrictions on entry and exit from the city.
Fake: Riots
broke out in Moscow pre-trial detention centers.
Reality: Russian Federal Penitentiary Service has immediately refuted this information.
Fake: Wagner Group members released prisoners in Rostov-on-Don to join the mutiny.
Reality: This claim is being spread by Ukrainian forces, who cite a non-existent publication from the 161 dot ru portal. There is no independent or credible confirmation of this assertion.
