Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kurova Kulman, Russian President Vladimir Putin

insists Russian society stands together with him following an aborted rebellion last weekend

by Wagner Group mercenaries.

The other Russian President, Alexander Lukashenko, helped mediate a peaceful resolution, and

the Wagner Group leader is supposed to go to that country.

In a speech late last night, Putin thanked Lukashenko.

He's heard here through a CNN interpreter.

I'm grateful to the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, for his efforts and his

contribution for this peaceful resolution.

But I repeat that this patriotism of the Russian society made a decisive step and made it possible

for us together to overcome the most difficult situation.

That meanwhile today, Putin is thanking Russian military officers in Moscow for their work

to stop a Russian civil war.

A longtime aide to former President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in a federal

courtroom in Florida today for a rainman.

And PR's Kerry Johnson reports he faces charges alongside Trump in the secret documents case.

Walt Nauta is expected to plead not guilty to conspiracy and false statements charges.

Walter Nauta faces six felony counts for allegedly helping former President Trump hide boxes

of government secrets from federal investigators.

Prosecutors say he lied to the FBI during an interview last year.

Special counsel Jack Smith is asking a judge to start the trial for both men this December.

But Trump's lawyers are likely to file a series of motions to exclude evidence in the

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