Russia has removed Sergei Surovikin, nicknamed “General Armageddon,” as head of the air force after he vanished from public view during a Wagner mercenary mutiny against the top army brass in June, the RIA state news agency reported on Wednesday.
A recipient of Russia’s top military award, Surovikin would be the most senior Russian military figure to lose his job over the June 23-34 mutiny, which President Vladimir Putin said could have tipped the country into civil war.
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who spearheaded the revolt, remains at liberty and on Monday posted a video address that he suggested was shot in
