Did Putin Flee Moscow During Coup Attempt?

How the Wagner army made its race to Moscow, only to turn around; Yevgeny Prigozhin tries to suggest it was all innocent.

Russian Presidential Press Service via AP
President Putin addresses the nation at Moscow, June 24, 2023. Russian Presidential Press Service via AP

As a two-mile-long convoy of military mutineers neared Moscow Saturday, a Russian presidential plane took off from the capital at 2:15 p.m. local time. It flew in the direction of President Putin’s native St. Petersburg until disappearing from radar at 3:06 p.m., according to Flight Radar.

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