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Once a low-profile businessman who benefited from having President Vladimir Putin as a powerful patron, Yevgeny Prigozhin moved into the global spotlight with Russia's war in Ukraine.

"What we see is a stabbing in the back of the state and the people". This was stated by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in a statement to the Russian people, world agencies reported.

The statement followed the actions last night and this morning by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia's private military company Wagner.

The head of the Wagner mercenary group said on June 24 he had crossed into Russia with his forces to topple Moscow's military leadership, saying he and his 25,000 fighters were "ready to die".

Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, said his forces, who have spearheaded much of Russia's offensive in Ukraine, had entered the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and controlled its military sites.

US President Joe Biden called Chinese leader Xi Jinping a "dictator".

This happened during a reception in California with the participation of donors of the Democratic Party and in the presence of journalists.

South Africa's president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kiev and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop.

His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed "very difficult to implement", a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out talks with Moscow.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday kicked off two days of high-stakes diplomatic talks in Beijing aimed at trying to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that have set many around the world on edge.

As reported, bilateral relations between the UAE and Russia and the situation in Ukraine were discussed.

The scandal-hit association of foreign journalists that created the Golden Globes will be wound down as the Hollywood award show is formally purchased by private investors including US billionaire Todd Boehly, it was announced on June 11.

Türkiye and Azerbaijan have reiterated their vow to further deepen their ties, especially in the fields of energy, transportation and the defense industry, during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's first overseas visit since the parliamentary and presidential polls.

Newly re-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to visit the breakaway state in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus on Monday, as reported by Turkish media.