Rostov residents pose for selfies with Wagner mercenaries
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Rostov residents pose for selfies with Wagner mercenaries
![Rostov residents pose for selfies with Wagner mercenaries](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1259037916-804x536.jpg)
Teen poses for selfie with Wagner troops
![Teen poses for selfie with Wagner troops](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1259010420-804x536.jpg)
Wagner Group soldiers stand guard during Wagner’s control of Rostov
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Members of Wagner group sit on the sidewalk as they patrol the center of Rostov
![Members of Wagner group sit on the sidewalk as they patrol the center of Rostov](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1259003544-804x536.jpg)
Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves Rostov to cheers from city residents
![Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves Rostov to cheers from city residents](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1259026854-804x605.jpg)
Civilian sits atop armored vehicle as Wagner Group occupies Rostov
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Head of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves Rostov to cheers
![Head of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves Rostov to cheers](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1259027057-804x536.jpg)
President Putin delivers fiery remarks on Wagner “treason”
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Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin making a speech after his troops take military headquarters in Rostov
![Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin making a speech after his troops take military headquarters in Rostov](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1258998214-804x535.jpg)
Sergei Surovikin asks Wagner troops not to turn against President Putin
![Sergei Surovikin asks Wagner troops not to turn against President Putin](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1258993895-804x671.jpg)
Wagner chief Prigozhin after Headquarters of the Southern Military District surrounded by fighters of the paramilitary Wagner group
![Wagner chief Prigozhin after Headquarters of the Southern Military District surrounded by fighters of the paramilitary Wagner group](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1258998537-804x430.jpg)
People look at a tank near a circus building in the city of Rostov
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Members of Wagner group sit atop of a tank in a street in the city of Rostov
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Trucks brought in to block Wagner troops en route to Moscow
![Trucks brought in to block Wagner troops en route to Moscow](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1259005467-804x603.jpg)
Wagner shared video of purported airstrike attack on Wagner troops
![Wagner shared video of purported airstrike attack on Wagner troops](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1259006807-804x452.jpg)
Members of Wagner group detain a man in the city of Rostov
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Members of the Wagner Group prepare to depart from the Southern Military District’s headquarters
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Residents cheer Wagner troops
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A woman shows her mobile phone as she speaks with a member of the Wagner group
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A woman poses for a photo in front of the Wagner Group military vehicle
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Members of Wagner group stand on the balcony of the circus building in the city of Rostov
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A local resident speaks with a member of Wagner group in Rostov
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Russian police officers patrol in an area outside PMC Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg
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In 2010 Prigozhin leads Putin on school lunch factory inspection
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In 2016 Prigozhin attends meeting with foreign investors in St Petersburg
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