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☆ Twitter's new 'X' logo looks suspiciously like a generic Unicode symbol
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter on Monday rolled out its new logo and brand: 𝕏.𝕏 is also a generic Unicode character known as "mathematical double-struck capital X." The new logo is also nearly identical to the lowercase "x" in the Monotype font "Special Alphabet 4." Twitter has a new logo thanks to a major rebrand that Elon Musk announced over the weekend: 𝕏. But the new branding looks suspiciously like a generic Unicode character known as "mathematical double-struck capital X" that was added to the Unicode in March 2001. The company's newly minted CEO, Linda Yaccarino, tweeted that Twitter — now called "X" — will "transform the global town square."

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☆ Good news for Trump: Jurors at his classified documents trial will come from counties that overwhelmingly voted for him in 2020
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's jurors in his classified docs trial will come from a very red swatch of South Florida. The case's judge announced on Friday that the trial will start in May 2024 in Fort Pierce, Florida. US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who Trump nominated, signed an order Friday announcing that the former commander-in-chief will be on trial beginning May 24, 2024, in Fort Pierce. That's good news for Trump because Fort Pierce, in St. Lucie County, is in an overwhelmingly red area of South Florida. All eyes were on her when she was randomly selected to oversee the Justice Department's case against Trump this summer.

Persons: Donald Trump, Aileen Cannon, Trump, Fort Pierce, Lucie, Trump . Cannon, Cannon, Jack Smith's Organizations: swatch, Service, Trump, Trump ., Justice Department, FBI Locations: South Florida, Fort Pierce , Florida, Wall, Silicon, Fort Pierce, St, Lucie County, Okeechobee, Highland, Martin, Indian

☆ The FBI is furious Chuck Grassley released an internal document that makes unverified claims about Hunter and Joe Biden accepting bribes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley published an FBI document containing an unverified allegation made by a Ukrainian CEO. The Ukrainian executive boasted he'd bribed Joe and Hunter Biden, an FBI informant claimed. FBI told Insider the release of the document "at minimum — unnecessarily risks the safety of a confidential source." When he visited the country in March 2016, Joe Biden pressed hard for Shokin to be fired for corruption. Bloomberg also reported that the Burisma investigation was largely dormant when Biden called for Shokin to be fired.

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☆ Trump could be charged with breaking a law that was passed to stop the KKK from terrorizing former slaves
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump could be charged with breaking a law that was originally passed to target the KKK. He could also be charged with obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the US. The letter laid out three possible charges: obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the government, and conspiracy against rights. He announced via Truth Social that he got the target letter from Smith on Sunday, adding that such a letter "almost always means an Arrest and Indictment." Insider has reached out to a spokesperson for the Justice Department and a lawyer for Trump.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, Jack Smith's, Jack Smith, Joe Biden, Trump's, Smith Organizations: Service, Klux, The New York Times, Thirteenth, Ku Klux Klan, Times, Capitol, Truth, Justice Department, Trump Locations: Wall, Silicon, Black

☆ Why Einstein wasn't part of the Manhattan Project even though he convinced President Roosevelt to build an atomic bomb
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Albert Einstein sent a letter in 1939 that helped convinced FDR to launch the Manhattan Project. But Einstein was not part of the secretive program run by J. Robert Oppenheimer to develop a nuclear weapon. The letter cited the Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard's work, and Szilard helped draft the letter, which Einstein signed. The Manhattan Project was officially created in August 1942, months after the US entered the war. The Manhattan Project is the center of a new biopic from director Christopher Nolan.

Persons: Albert Einstein, FDR, Einstein, J, Robert Oppenheimer, Einstein's, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Leo Szilard's, Szilard, Oppenheimer, Eugene Wigner, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy Organizations: Manhattan, Service, US Army Intelligence, American Museum of, . Intelligence, US, Newsweek, The New York Times Locations: Wall, Silicon, Hungarian, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Manhattan

☆ House Democrat says 'perhaps we should call Hunter Biden' the 'Big Guy' after Marjorie Taylor Greene displays lewd photos
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene displays lewd photos of Hunter Biden at a committee hearing on Wednesday. "Perhaps we should call Hunter Biden the 'Big Guy,'" he tweeted. On Wednesday, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia displayed lewd photos of the younger Biden at a House Oversight Committee hearing that purportedly showed Biden engaged in sexual acts with prostitutes. Hunter Biden has been in Republican lawmakers' crosshairs since his father became a frontrunner in the 2020 presidential election. "Marjorie Taylor Greene is literally showing dick pics at our Oversight Hearing," tweeted California Rep. Robert Garcia.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Hunter Biden, Jared Moskowitz, Guy, Joe Biden, Biden, Jared Moskowitz —, —, Moskowitz, they've, Hunter, Greene, Donald Trump's, Jamie Raskin, Maryland, Robert Garcia Organizations: Democratic, Service, Privacy, Republican, Twitter, GOP, Capitol Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, Georgia

☆ Russian military leaders will likely start hiding critical information from Putin to save their own necks, researcher says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Top Russian military leaders will likely start hiding information from Putin out of self-preservation, a Russia researcher wrote for NYT. Those generals are "now even more dependent on Mr. Putin for their safety and positions," she added. Indeed, as Russia is at a critical point in its war against Ukraine, Russian military officials have shown more interest in sniping at each other. "In this atmosphere of suspicion and uncertainty, where prominent generals disappear and Mr. Putin is quick to blame traitors, self-censorship among top military leaders is likely to become more prevalent," Massicot wrote in a New York Times op-ed. But even though Russia is at a critical juncture in its war against Ukraine and the Russian army continues racking up losses, Russian military leaders have focused more on sniping at one another.

Persons: Putin, Dara Massicot, Massicot, Russia's, Sergei Shoigu, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Shoigu, Gerasimov —, Prigozhin Organizations: NYT, Service, RAND Corporation, New York Times, NATO, Russian, Mr Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Wall, Silicon

☆ Trump's lawyers say his classified docs trial should be pushed back because he's too busy balancing his campaign schedule with all the indictments he's facing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump's lawyers say his classified documents trial should be postponed until after the election. His lawyers argued it's hard for the former president to balance campaigning with all the indictments and lawsuits he's facing. If Judge Aileen Cannon — a Trump appointee — agrees, it could allow Trump to pardon himself in 2024 if he wins. They made the argument while appearing Tuesday before US District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, for a pretrial hearing. Trump is facing a slew of criminal indictments and civil lawsuits, which his defense lawyers said are clashing with his plans for the 2024 campaign trail.

Persons: it's, Aileen Cannon —, —, Trump, Donald Trump's, Aileen Cannon, Prosecutors, Cannon, David Harbach, Harbach, That's, Christopher Kise, Letitia James, He's, Jean Carroll's, Carroll, Stormy Daniels, Jack Smith's, Smith Organizations: Trump, Service, Justice, GOP, Department, CNN, Capitol, Truth Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York

☆ Trump's former White House lawyer says Trump could be charged with conspiracy, obstruction, and aiding insurrectionists related to the Capitol riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's one-time White House lawyer told CNN he thinks the former president could be indicted in Jack Smith's Capitol riot investigation as soon as Thursday. Ty Cobb also said he thinks Trump could be charged with conspiracy, obstruction, and aiding insurrectionists. He added that he also thinks there's a chance Trump could be charged with giving aid and comfort to insurrectionists. "There are a variety of ways to charge this that all boil down to the same conduct," Cobb told CNN Tuesday. "No matter what, the most serious case he faces is the January 6 investigation," Cobb told Insider last August.

Persons: Jack, Ty Cobb, Trump, insurrectionists, Donald Trump's, CNN's Erin Burnett, there's, Cobb, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, Pence, Jack Smith's, Stormy Daniels Organizations: White, CNN, Service, Justice, Capitol, Justice Department Locations: Wall, Silicon, Georgia , Arizona , Pennsylvania, New York, Florida

☆ What is a target letter? Trump says he got one from the DOJ's special counsel Jack Smith.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump said he got a letter saying that he's a target of Jack Smith's Capitol riot investigation. A "target letter" is a DOJ letter informing someone that they are a target for criminal prosecution. The letter typically lays out the crimes the target is suspected of committing. A target letter is an official letter from the Justice Department telling someone that they may be prosecuted. The former president wrote on Truth Social that Smith's target letter gave him four days to appear before the January 6 grand jury, which he said "almost always means an Arrest and Indictment."

Persons: Trump, Jack Smith's, Donald Trump, Jack Smith, Stormy Daniels Organizations: DOJ, Service, Truth, Capitol, Department Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, Florida

☆ Here are all the ways Judge Aileen Cannon can tip the scales in Trump's favor
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The judge overseeing the DOJ's case against Trump has the power to tip the scales in Trump's favor. In this case, Cannon will also determine the schedule of the trial itself. Cannon could have enormous influence over what Trump's jury will look likeThe former president also lucked out with the location of the trial. Jury selection is one of the biggest ways in which Cannon can influence the case in Trump's favor. If Cannon grants Trump's request for a trial date after the 2024 general election, that order wouldn't be immediately appealable.

Persons: Aileen Cannon, Donald Trump, Cannon, Duncan Levin, Jack Smith's, Trump, Levin, Rahmani, Ken White, who's, Brown, Osborn, White, wouldn't Organizations: Trump, Service, Floridian, Department, West, Trial Locations: Wall, Silicon, Manhattan, Fort Pierce , Florida

All eyes are onJudge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over the first pretrial hearing Tuesday in the DOJ's prosecution of Donald Trump. Since the confirmation, a least one other Cannon case made national headlines. Judge Aileen Cannon gave her confirmation testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee over Zoom on July 29, 2020. There, she prosecuted cases involving narcotics, fraud, firearms, and immigration cases, according to her Senate confirmation document. Cannon during her confirmation hearing thanked Rubio as well as fellow Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida for their "continued support."

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☆ Prosecutors are 'sending a message' by asking for harsher sentences for Oath Keepers defendants: DOJ official
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The DOJ wants harsher sentences for eight Oath Keepers members convicted over the Capitol riot. One department official told Insider the DOJ is "really sending a message" by appealing the 8 defendants' sentences. "It's very unusual for DOJ to appeal, but these are unusual cases and unusual times," said the Justice Department official, who requested anonymity to speak about the cases. The DOJ appeal filing didn't include details laying out prosecutors' reasoning; the department official told Insider those details will be laid out in court later. "Typical DOJ, they got their pound of flesh and still want more," Moerschel's lawyer Scott Weinberg told Insider.

Persons: it's, Andrew Weissmann, Robert Mueller's, Weissmann, Elmer Stewart Rhodes, Amit Mehta, Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins, Roberto Minuta, Joseph Hackett, Edward Vallejo, David Moerschel, It's, Moerschel, Scott Weinberg, Elsa, Weinberg, William Shipley, Minuta, Meggs, Harrelson, Watkins, Hackett, Vallejo Organizations: DOJ, Capitol, Service, Department, Justice Department, Organization Locations: Wall, Silicon, Robert Mueller's Russia

☆ Convicted Oath Keeper's attorney says it's 'ridiculous' prosecutors appealed for a harsher sentence and that the feds should 'channel their inner Elsa and just let it go'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A lawyer for a convicted Oath Keeper slammed the DOJ for appealing his client's sentence. Prosecutors requested a 10-year sentence for David Moerschel; he was ultimately sentenced to three. "I wish they would channel their inner Elsa and just let it go." "Typical DOJ, they got their pound of flesh and still want more," Scott Weinberg, who represents David Moerschel, told Insider. The defendants whose sentences the DOJ appealed are Moerschel, Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins, Roberto Minuta, Joseph Hackett, and Edward Vallejo.

Persons: David Moerschel, Elsa, Scott Weinberg, Donald Trump, Moerschel, Elmer Stewart Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins, Roberto Minuta, Joseph Hackett, Edward Vallejo, Amit Mehta, Rhodes, Robert Mueller Organizations: Prosecutors, Service, Justice Department, Capitol, DOJ Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Ukrainian civilians imprisoned by Russia are being treated like livestock and forced to dig mass graves, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian civilians imprisoned by Russia are being forced to dig mass graves, the AP reported. "This means that a window of opportunity is being left to bargain Ukraine's membership in NATO in negotiations with Russia," Zelenskyy continued. Ukrainian civilians have reported family members missing since the early months of Russia's unprovoked military invasion last year. The Ukrainian government now believes Russia has detained a total of about 10,000 civilians, Oleksandr Kononeko, a prisoner exchange negotiator, told AP. She also was beaten and forced to provide statements to a Russian news outlet to show that Moscow was releasing Ukrainian civilians, AP reported.

Persons: They're, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Oleksandr Kononeko, Olena, Yahupova Organizations: AP, NATO, Service, Associated Press, Ukraine, Alliance, United Locations: Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, gunpoint, Ukraine, NATO, United Nations, Russian, Moscow

☆ Russia's military leaders are at each other's throats at a crucial time in the Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russian military leaders are at each other's throats amid continued losses in the Ukraine war. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has been accused of treason by a general in the Russian military claiming he was fired for raising concerns. But at this critical juncture in the war and while Russia's army continues facing losses, Russian military leaders appear to have more pressing targets in mind: each other. But even after Prigozhin all but disappeared following the Wagner revolt, concerns about Russia's military leadership persist. Popov claimed he was removed from his post after flagging issues that Russian forces were facing on the front lines in Ukraine.

Persons: Sergei Shoigu, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Putin, Prigozhin, Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov, Ivan Popov, Popov, Andrey Gurulyov, vilely, Sergei Surovikin, Surovikin, Andrei Kartapolov, Gerasimov, Gen, Viktor Afzalov Organizations: Defense, Service, Russian, Wagner, Bakhmut, Politico, Arms Army, Street Journal, Prigozhin, The New York Times, Times, Russian Aerospace Forces Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Russian, Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia, Syria

☆ Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg's feud is so embarrassing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Zuckerberg has been mocking Musk on Threads, and Musk responded by calling Zuckerberg a "cuck" and proposing a "dick measuring contest." Twitter responded with a poop emoji. Twitter executive chairman — and self-appointed "Chief Twit" — Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are at it again. As Insider reported, Musk has replied to tweets with the word "concerning" at least 26 times. Insider reached out to Musk, Twitter, Tesla, Meta's press office, and a spokesperson at Meta.

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☆ Wagner boss Prigozhin, the warlord who railed against the Russian military and led a failed mutiny, has all but disappeared
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Yevgeny Prigozhin has retreated into the shadows since his failed rebellion against Russian military leaders. The Kremlin said Prigozhin and Putin met on June 29, and that Prigozhin pledged his loyalty to the Russian leader. June 29: Prigozhin had a face-to-face meeting with Putin, according to the Kremlin, raising questions about whether Prigozhin went to Belarus in the first place. Prigozhin is still in Russia, according to Belarusian officials and Russian media reports, but the Wagner boss has retreated into the shadows since his failed rebellion. The Russian leader — who has long been accused of ordering the imprisonment and assassinations of those he deemed disloyal — shocked former US intelligence officials by allowing Prigozhin to live, and stay in Russia.

Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Putin, Wagner, Vladimir Putin, Prigozhin's, Alexander Lukashenko, Flightradar24, Lukashenko, —, Russia's, Glenn Carle Organizations: Russian, Service, Kremlin, PMC Wagner, Putin, CIA Locations: St . Petersburg, Wall, Silicon, Moscow, Ukraine, Belarus, St, Petersburg, Russia, Russian

☆ A Headspace therapist says he was laid off a day after one of his patients came out for the first time. Now the patient can't contact him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Headspace therapist told the LA Times he was laid off one day after a patient came out to him. The patient now has no way of contacting him, the therapist said, because he was booted from Headspace's patient care system immediately after being laid off. "I'm the first person they've ever talked to about it," the therapist told the LA Times. But by handling the layoffs the way it did, Headspace "just really screwed over their entire client base," the therapist told the Times. Thirty-three of those employees were therapists, a company spokesperson told Insider.

Persons: they've, Headspace, They're Organizations: LA Times, Headspace Health, Los Angeles Times, Times

☆ Russian military blogger says troops have been stuck on the frontlines without a break since October, the latest sign that Putin's forces are stretched thin
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian forces in Zaporizhia have been on the frontlines without a break for nine months, a military blogger wrote. Russian forces have "no available personnel to replace them with," the Institute for the Study of War said. While some Russian commanders have tried to give soldiers a break, they later faced retaliation from higher-ranking officers, the blogger wrote. The psychological toll of Putin's war in Ukraine on Russian forces has been extensively reported on. Instead, he was sent to the frontlines in eastern Ukraine and captured by Ukrainian forces a few days later.

Persons: Putin, —, Vladimir Putin's Organizations: for, Service, Institute for, US Army, National, ., Newsweek, New York Times, The Times Locations: Zaporizhia, Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian

☆ US official says 'exiled' Wagner boss Prigozhin may not have gone to Belarus at all — and may have used a body double to make it appear as though he fled Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was exiled to Belarus last month after staging an armed rebellion. But the former Putin ally apparently reappeared in St. Petersburg this week, sparking confusion. A Pentagon official told The New York Times it appears Prigozhin has mostly been in Russia. An unnamed Pentagon official told The New York Times that Prigozhin has actually been in Russia — Moscow or St. Petersburg — for most of the time since the mutiny. The official also said it was unclear if Prigozhin ever went to Belarus, noting he is believed to employ body doubles.

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☆ Rudy Giuliani should be disbarred for trying to overturn the 2020 election, bar ethics panel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rudy Giuliani should be disbarred, a DC legal ethics panel says. The Washington DC Board on Professional Responsibility slammed his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Ted Goodman, a spokesperson for Giuliani, attacked the DC Bar Association in response to the board's recommendation. "The decision-makers at the DC Bar Association are nothing more than an arm of the permanent regime in Washington," Goodman said. "His hyperbolic claims of election fraud and the core thesis of the Pennsylvania litigation were utterly false, and recklessly so," the board wrote.

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☆ It doesn't matter that there was a fake detail in the case the Supreme Court used to roll back LGBTQ+ rights, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Supreme Court ruled last week that a Colorado wedding website designer has the right to refuse service to same-sex couples. The New Republic reported that a website request cited in the case appears to have been fabricated. But legal experts even if the request was fake, it wouldn't be enough to affect the court's ruling. Phil Weiser, Colorado's attorney general, said in a statement that the high court's ruling "will permit businesses to turn away LGBTQ customers just by claiming that they sell expressive or artistic services." "The opinion represents a radical departure from decades of Court precedent and fails to uphold the principle of 'Equal Justice for All' inscribed on the U.S. Supreme Court building."

Persons: —, Stewart, Mike, Lorie Smith, Josh Blackman, South Texas College of Law Houston, Smith, Blackman, " Blackman, Carolyn Shapiro, Phil Weiser Organizations: New, Service, South Texas College of Law, Chicago, Kent College of Law, NBC, Alliance, U.S, Supreme Locations: Colorado, New Republic

☆ Putin 'clearly is stumbling' and may be weaker than we thought for letting exiled Wagner boss Prigozhin back into Russia after his revolt, ex-spies say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is reportedly back in Russia after revolting against Putin's military leaders. It's a shocking and confusing development for former spooks, who told Insider that it may indicate the Russian leader's grip on power is more tenuous than it seems. "The thought that immediately comes to mind is this is a sign of Putin's weakness" amid Russia's continued losses in the Ukraine war, Glenn Carle, a former CIA spy who was stationed in Russia, told Insider. Prigozhin, for now at least, is an anomaly in that he's been allowed back into Russia after leading an armed rebellion against key Russian military officials. British intelligence sources told The Telegraph that Prigozhin called off the advance after Russian officials threatened the families of Wagner leaders if they continued.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin, —, Vladimir Putin's, It's, Alexander Lukashenko, Prigozhin, Fontanka, Russia's, Glenn Carle, John McLaughlin, McLaughlin, Sergei Skripal, Alexei Navalny, he's, Lukashenko, Putin's, excoriate Prigozhin, Carle Organizations: Service, Russian, CIA, Kremlin, Telegraph, Putin Locations: Russia, Belarus, Belarusian, St . Petersburg, Moscow, Ukraine, Russian

☆ Belarusian dictator who negotiated the end of Prigozhin's mutiny says there's no way Putin is 'malicious and vindictive' enough to have him killed
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said he doesn't think Putin will have Yevgeny Prigozhin killed. Putin is not "malicious or vindictive enough" to order the murder, said the close Putin ally. Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that he doesn't think Vladimir Putin would be so "malicious and vindictive" as to have Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed. But if you think that Putin is so malicious and vindictive that he will 'kill' Prigozhin tomorrow, no, this will not happen." The Russian leader has a long history of brutal and violent crackdowns on those he sees as disloyal.

Persons: Alexander Lukashenko, doesn't, Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, —, Vladimir Putin's, Vladimir Putin, Wagner, Lukashenko, Sergei Skripal, Alexei Navalny, Putin's, Prigozhin, Progozhin, Dmitry Peskov Organizations: Kremlin, Service, CNN Locations: Belarusian, Russian, Moscow, St . Petersburg

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