A pro-Kremlin activist holds a flag with an image of Russian President Vladimir Putting and the words in Russian 'For the Motherland, for the sovereignty, for the Putin', near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 25, 2023. Troops deployed in Moscow the previous day to protect the capital from Wagner mercenaries withdrew from the capital, and people swarmed the streets and flocked to cafes. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)