RUSSIA-WAGNER-PULLOUT

RUSSIA-WAGNER-PULLOUT

(230625) -- ROSTOV-ON-DON, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This image captured from a video shows military vehicles preparing to pull out from Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. Moscow and Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner private military group, reached a compromise through the mediation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko late Saturday, according to RIA Novosti news agency reports. Prigozhin has accepted Lukashenko's proposal to stop the advance of the Wagner troops and de-escalate the situation, the reports said. (Photo by Vladimir Konstantinov/Xinhua)

RUSSIA-WAGNER-PULLOUT

RUSSIA-WAGNER-PULLOUT

(230625) -- ROSTOV-ON-DON, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This image captured from a video shows citizens standing near military vehicles on a street of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. Moscow and Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner private military group, reached a compromise through the mediation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko late Saturday, according to RIA Novosti news agency reports. Prigozhin has accepted Lukashenko's proposal to stop the advance of the Wagner troops and de-escalate the situation, the reports said. (Photo by Vladimir Konstantinov/Xinhua)

RUSSIA-WAGNER-PULLOUT

RUSSIA-WAGNER-PULLOUT

(230625) -- ROSTOV-ON-DON, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This image captured from a video shows military vehicles preparing to pull out from Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. Moscow and Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner private military group, reached a compromise through the mediation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko late Saturday, according to RIA Novosti news agency reports. Prigozhin has accepted Lukashenko's proposal to stop the advance of the Wagner troops and de-escalate the situation, the reports said. (Photo by Vladimir Konstantinov/Xinhua)

Crimean parliament speaker discusses unification with Russia

Crimean parliament speaker discusses unification with Russia

Crimean parliament speaker Vladimir Konstantinov is interviewed by Kyodo News in the Crimean capital Simferopol on Jan. 26, 2015. Konstantinov said a referendum last March to secede from Ukraine was conducted in accordance with international standards. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo