245. What is Happening in Russia?: Mutiny and the Wagner Group! (English Vocabulary Lesson)

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Over the weekend, the leader of the Wagner Group of mercenaries started a mutiny in Russia. What happened? What is the Wagner Group? Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Why was there and conflict? And what does this mean for Vladimir Putin, the Ukraine war, and the future of the Wagner Group? Let’s discuss this all today!


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Vocabulary


Mercenary (n) - a soldier who fights for any country or group that pays them.
Mutiny (n) - an occasion when a group of people, especially soldiers or sailors, refuses to obey orders and/or attempts to take control from people in authority.
Insurrection (n) - an organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence.
Occupied (adj) - An occupied place is being controlled by an army or group of people that has moved into it.
To reclaim (v) - to take back something that was yours.
Plausible deniability (phrase) - the ability of someone to deny any knowledge or involvement in a particular action or event, especially in a way that seems believable or credible.
Incompetence (n) - lack of ability to do something successfully or as it should be done.
To operate (v) - to do business in or from a particular place.


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