Wagner’s 24-hour coup
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Wagner troops withdrew from Russia late Saturday night after an abandoned coup attempt on Moscow, Greek prime minister Kyriako Mitsotakis won re-election in a blowout, and foreign investors viewed Turkey’s first interest rate rise in years as a ‘baby step’ towards ending the country’s economic crisis.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Kyriakos Mitsotakis set for return to power in Greek elections
Wagner troops withdraw as Russian uprising leaves Putin weakened
Investor scepticism remains after Turkey’s ‘baby step’ towards ending crisis
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk |
| 0:09.8 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:11.3 | Today is Monday, June 26th. |
| 0:13.5 | And this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:18.7 | An abandoned coup attempt in Russia leaves a lot of unanswered questions |
| 0:23.9 | and greases runoff elections ended in a landslide. |
| 0:27.8 | Plus, Turkey is finally raising interest rates. |
| 0:30.6 | But does that mean foreign investors are confident in the country again? |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:50.4 | The Wagner Group's coup attempt in Russia ended as quickly as it began. |
| 0:54.4 | The mercenaries had been fighting on behalf of Russia and Ukraine. |
| 0:58.0 | But this weekend, the head of Wagner, you have Gennie Pregozion pushed his troops toward Moscow. |
| 1:03.2 | By Saturday night, Pregozion and his troops withdrew, ending the short insurrection. |
| 1:08.1 | Here to talk more about what happened is the FT's Moscow bureau chief, Max Sedin. |
| 1:12.2 | Hi, Max. |
| 1:13.2 | Hi. |
| 1:14.1 | So what exactly happened that sparked this insurrection? |
| 1:18.0 | So you've got any Pregozion. |
| 1:19.2 | He's a Kremlin's former caterer and now a warlord, |
| 1:24.1 | Wagner Group, the biggest, most important paramilitary force fighting in Ukraine. |
| 1:29.2 | And they have been spending as much their time verbally feuding with the Russian defense ministry. |
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