Women wearing traditional Russian village-style clothes dance while celebrating the summer solstice near a bonfire in the village of Okunevo, about 200 kilometers (about 125 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Sofiychuk/AP Photo)





A person waves a drum while other people wearing traditional Russian village-style clothes celebrate the summer solstice near a bonfire in the village of Okunevo, about 200 kilometers (about 125 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The festivities of Ivan Kupala, or John the Baptist, are similar to Mardi Gras and reflect pre-Christian Slavic traditions and practices. (Photo by Evgeniy Sofiychuk/AP Photo)





A woman wearing traditional Russian village-style clothes dances while celebrating the summer solstice in the village of Okunevo, about 200 kilometers (about 125 miles) northeast of the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Sofiychuk/AP Photo)





This video grab taken from handout footage posted on June 24, 2023 on the Telegram account of the press service of Concord – a company linked to the chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin – shows Yevgeny Prigozhin speaking inside the headquarters of the Russian southern military district in the city of Rostov-on-Don. The head of Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin announced on June 24, 2023 that he was inside the army headquarters in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, and that his fighters controlled the city's military sites. (Photo by Handout/TELEGRAM concordgroup_official/AFP Photo)





A traffic police officer checks a car next to an armoured personnel carrier (APC) in Moscow, Russia on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Emergencies ministry members work to extinguish fire at a burning fuel tank of an oil depot in Voronezh, Russia on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group cross a street as they get deployed near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group pose for a picture as they get deployed near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to base, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group stand guard in a street near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to base, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A military column of Wagner private mercenary group drives along M-4 highway, which links the capital Moscow with Russia's southern cities, near Voronezh, Russia on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Servicemen from Private military company (PMC) Wagner Group block a street in downtown Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, 24 June 2023. Security and armoured vehicles were deployed after private military company (PMC) Wagner Group's chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video that his troops had occupied the building of the headquarters of the Southern Military District, demanding a meeting with Russia's defense chiefs. (Photo by Arkady Budnitsky/EPA)





Russian servicemen block a street in downtown Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, 24 June 2023. Security and armoured vehicles were deployed after private military company (PMC) Wagner Group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video that his troops had occupied the building of the headquarters of the Southern Military District, demanding a meeting with Russia’s defense chiefs. (Photo by Arkady Budnitsky/EPA)





Russian police officers patrol in an area outside PMC Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, on June 24, 2023. Wagner chief 'betrayed' Russia out of 'personal ambition' announced President Vladimir Putin during a statement to the nation, on June 24, 2023, as Russia faced a rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group that has vowed to topple Moscow's military leadership. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP Photo)





A fighter of Wagner private mercenary group is seen atop of an armoured vehicle in a street near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A serviceman from private military company (PMC) Wagner Group blocks the access to the Rostelecom building in Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, 24 June 2023. (Photo by Arkady Budnitsky/EPA)





Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group are deployed in a street near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group's pullout from the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)





Russian policemen stand guard in front of the Moscow Kremlin near the blocked Red Square, in Moscow, Russia, 24 June 2023. Counter-terrorism measures were enforced in Moscow and other Russian regions after private military company (PMC) Wagner Group's chief claimed that his troops had occupied the building of the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, demanding a meeting with Russia’s defense chiefs. (Photo by Maxim Shipenkov/EPA)