Media: during the mutiny of the Wagner PMC, Putin observed the Scarlet Sails festival
On the day of the Wagner mercenary mutiny, President Vladimir Putin watched the Scarlet Sails festival in St. Petersburg, journalists Mikhail Zygar and Yulia Taratuta say. Zygar wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times that Putin never misses an alumni celebration in his hometown, and this year was no exception, despite the plight of PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin. According to Zygar, on June 24, Putin watched the Scarlet Sails from the yacht of his friend, businessman Yuri Kovalchuk.