1. Wagner mercenary group 瓦格纳雇佣兵集团

The Wagner mercenary group shifted from assisting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to briefly rebelling against President Vladimir Putin this weekend, a dramatic shift after the group and its owner—oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin—amassed power and reportedly earned hundreds of millions of dollars by securing Russian government contracts, capitalizing on other nations’ natural resources and backing unstable regimes.

本周末，瓦格纳雇佣兵集团从在乌克兰危机中协助俄罗斯快速转变为反叛俄总统普京，这是发生在该组织及其领袖叶夫根尼·普里戈任身上的戏剧性变化。据说普里戈任通过获取俄罗斯政府合同、利用其他国家的自然资源和支持不稳定的政权而积聚势力并赚取数亿美元。

（英文摘自2023.6.25 Forbes 网站）

2. mutiny 叛乱

Warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived mutiny over the weekend exposed Putin’s tenuous grip on the levers of power, the disunity within his ranks and the weakness in Russia’s own border defenses.

叶夫根尼·普里戈任于周末发起的短暂叛变暴露了普京对权力的脆弱控制、俄罗斯政府内部的不团结以及俄罗斯自身边境防御的薄弱。

（英文摘自2023.6.26 POLITICO 网站）

The mutiny was aborted on Saturday after a deal was struck that spared Wagner’s mercenaries from facing criminal charges in return for Prigozhin pulling his fighters back to base and his moving to Belarus.

周六，俄罗斯政府与瓦格纳达成了一项协议，俄罗斯政府免除对瓦格纳雇佣兵的刑事指控，以换取瓦格纳终止兵变并撤回原驻地，瓦格纳领袖普里戈任则前往白俄罗斯。

（英文摘自2023.6.26 The Guardian 网站）

3. broker 斡旋

The leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, is expected to go to Belarus under a deal brokered by the Belarusian president, putting an end to a shocking, albeit short-lived, challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authority.

根据白俄罗斯总统斡旋促成的协议，瓦格纳雇佣军集团领袖叶夫根尼·普里戈任将前往白俄罗斯，结束对俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京权威的挑战。尽管瓦格纳兵变时间不长，但令人震惊。

（英文摘自2023.6.25 The Washington Post 网站）

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko confirmed on Tuesday that the Wagner boss, Prigozhin, had arrived in the country as part of a deal he brokered and which narrowly prevented Wagner mercenaries from marching into Moscow.

白俄罗斯总统亚历山大·卢卡申科周二证实，瓦格纳的领袖普里戈任已经抵达该国，这是他斡旋促成的协议的一部分，该协议惊险地阻止了瓦格纳雇佣兵进军莫斯科。

（英文摘自2023.6.29 ALJAZEERA 网站）

4. squabble 争执

The rebellion followed months of squabbling between Prigozhin and Russian military leaders, whom he accused of mismanaging the Ukraine invasion and depriving Wagner forces of supplies.

叛乱发生在普里戈任和俄罗斯军方之间数月的争吵后，普里戈任指责俄罗斯军方对乌克兰危机管理不善以及对瓦格纳的弹药供应不足。

（英文摘自2023.6.25 Forbes 网站）

Will the security services interfere next time there’s an inter-elite squabble?

如果下次再发生政治精英间的争吵，安全部门是否会插手？

（英文摘自2023.6.26 ALJAZEERA 网站）

5. business-as-usual 一切如常

Reinforcing the business-as-usual message, Russia released a soundless video of Defense Minister Sergei K. Shoigu on Monday, signaling that he remained in his post despite scathing criticism by Mr. Prigozhin over the conduct of the war.

俄罗斯周一发布了国防部长谢尔盖·绍伊古的无声视频，该视频强化了“一切如常”的讯息。绍伊古暗示，尽管普里戈任对俄罗斯军方在乌克兰危机中的表现进行了严厉批评，但他仍在留任。

（英文摘自2023.6.26 The New York Times 网站）

Russia’s foreign minister took to the airwaves on Monday to immediately insist that it’s business as usual for the Wagner Group’s ties to the continent.

周一，俄罗斯外交部长在电视广播中坚称，瓦格纳雇佣兵集团与俄罗斯的关系一切如常。

（英文摘自2023.6.28 France 24 网站）