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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a televised address in Moscow, Russia, on Jun 26, 2023, in this still image taken from video. (Photo: Kremlin.ru/Handout via REUTERS)
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a televised address in Moscow, Russia, on Jun 26, 2023, in this still image taken from video. (Photo: Kremlin.ru/Handout via REUTERS)

Russia’s Putin says he let mutiny continue to avoid bloodshed

 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin made a defiant televised address this evening, saying he had deliberately let Saturday’s 24-hour mutiny by the Wagner militia go on as long as it did to avoid bloodshed, and that it had reinforced national unity.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin

Russia calls for unity behind Putin after aborted mutiny

 (Reuters) – Russia has faced “a challenge to its stability” and must remain united behind President Vladimir Putin, its prime minister said today, after mercenaries briefly occupied a strategic command centre for its Ukraine war and marched on Moscow.

Nitish Kumar

India’s opposition parties unite for 2024 national elections, BJP says not worried

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Leaders of 15 Indian opposition parties agreed yesterday to fight the 2024 national elections on a common platformagainst Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) The parties, many of which are regional rivals and have been splintered at the national level, account for less than half the 301 seats the BJP has in the 542-member lower house of parliament.

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