Wagner boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin will leave Russia for Belarus and criminal charges against him for organizing a rebellion against Moscow will be dropped, the Kremlin said late Saturday, after a deal was reached that saw the mercenary group halt its advance toward the Russian capital.
Why it matters: The nearly 24-hour uprising was the biggest threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin's rule since he came to power more than two decades ago.
Secretary of State Tony Blinken held a secure conference call Saturday morning with several Western foreign ministers to consult about the escalating situation in Russia, a source with direct knowledge of the issue told Axios.
The latest: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to quash an uprising led by Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who claimed to have seized the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. By late Saturday local time, Prigozhin said he had ordered his fighters to halt their advance toward Moscow to avoid Russian bloodshed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to quash an uprising led by Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who claimed to have seized the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
The latest: Prigozhin said in an audio message late Saturday local time that he had ordered his fighters to halt their advance toward Moscow to avoid Russian bloodshed.
Qatar Investment Authority has agreed to buy a 5% stake in Monumental Sports & Entertainment — the parent company of the NBA's Washington Wizards, WNBA's Washington Mystics and NHL's Washington Capitals — from owner Ted Leonsis at a reported enterprise value north of $4 billion.
Why it matters: This would be the first time a sovereign wealth fund has purchased part of an NBA team, but there are questions as to if the league will sign off.
Italian oil major Eni has agreed to buy most of London-based oil and gas company Neptune Energy for $4.9 billion in cash from a group of private equity firms.
Why it matters: This is the largest all-cash European energy merger in years, and comes amid two countervailing trends: The need to replace lost Russian imports, and the need to reduce carbon emissions.
Tropical Storm Cindy formed over the central tropical Atlantic on Thursday night, becoming the third named storm of the season.
Why it matters: It's the first time on record that two Atlantic tropical cyclones have formed in June in the area known as the Main Development Region (MDR), as Tropical Storm Bret remains active in the Caribbean, meteorologist Eric Fisher noted.
OceanGate Expeditions, the company that operated the missing Titanic tourist submersible, said Thursday it believes the pilot and four passengers aboard the vessel have died.
The latest: After the sub's disappearance on Sunday, the U.S. Navy detected sounds it suspected to be the Titan imploding using a military acoustic detection system, multiple outlets reported, citing a senior American Navy official.
