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republic of Sakha (Yakutia) thousands of kilometers away gathered outside the regional capital to celebrate Yhyakh, the New Year marked by
war and the government went
republic of Tatarstan, too, went ahead with the traditional Sabantuy summer festival, while neighboring Bashkortostan held lavish Youth Day
pro-government Telegram channel in the Far East republic of Buryatia, wrote of a similar festival held in the region that day.Each of these
of Sakha, and his wife Lyudmila attend the opening ceremony of Ysyakh Tuimaady.Vadim Skryabin / TASS The sudden instability that gripped the
Russia and unsure of what message to broadcast at home, most local heads chose to carry on with business as usual, hoping the situation
Dergunov / KommersantPrompted by orders from Moscow on Saturday morning, regional heads and governors issued a stream of statements in
republic of Chechnya, close Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov, did not react to the mutiny until some 16 hours after it started, announcing he was
opposed both Prigozhin and Putin and saw the rebellion as an opportunity to make a change at home, according to activists and analysts
members of Wagner fought on the side of Moscow during the Second Chechen War
Wagner commander and Nazi sympathizer Dmitry Utkin is believed to be responsible for committing multiple war crimes in Chechnya, according
