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Putin likely wins another six-year term: Here’s why the landslide results are criticised as a sham

Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have won reelection, Russian officials announced Sunday, reelecting him for another six-year term as democracy experts describe the victory as a sham and elections in the country are neither free nor fair.

Wagner chief Prigozhin denies attempting a coup in first comments since stunning rebellion

The brief armed rebellion led by Russia’s Wagner Group over the weekend was a response to being attacked, not an attempt to overthrow Russian leadership, the mercenary group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said Monday, in his first public statement since accepting a deal to end the biggest threat to Vladimir Putin’s rule in years.