Prigozhin’s final months were overshadowed by questions about what the Kremlin had in store for him
1 year, 3 months ago

Prigozhin’s final months were overshadowed by questions about what the Kremlin had in store for him

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Yevgeny Prigozhin smiled as a crowd of adoring fans surrounded his black SUV on June 24 in Russia’s southern city of Rostov-on-Don and cheered him on. Responding to an email from The Associated Press on June 25, the day after the mutiny, Prigozhin’s press service said only that he “says hi to everyone” and would respond to all questions once he gets “proper connection.” An elaborate 11-minute statement from Prigozhin appeared the next day, but it contained nothing about where he was or what was next for him and his forces. Putin wondered aloud whether any of it was stolen and promised to “figure it out.” On the day the charges were dropped, Prigozhin’s plane was spotted in Belarus, and Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who helped broker the deal to end the mutiny, said the Wagner chief had arrived. Wagner also announced a halt to recruitment of new mercenaries “due to the move to Belarus.” On July 6, however, Lukashenko told reporters that Prigozhin was in St. Petersburg — or “maybe he went to Moscow, or maybe somewhere else, but he is not in Belarus.” The remarks came amid media reports that cash and equipment seized during police searches of Prigozhin’s property were returned to him. He said Wagner was “making Russia even greater on all continents and Africa even more free.” Two days later came the plane crash — exactly two months after Priogzhin first announced his revolt.

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A month after Prigozhin’s suspicious death, the Kremlin is silent on his plane crash and legacy
1 year, 3 months ago

A month after Prigozhin’s suspicious death, the Kremlin is silent on his plane crash and legacy

Associated Press  

Why Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private jet plummeted into a field northwest of Moscow is still a mystery. After the death of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash on Aug. 23, 2023 northwest of Moscow, Russian officials moved quickly to take control of the Wagner military contractor’s personnel and assets abroad. “Their position was saved precisely by Prigozhin’s mutiny.” …

The rise and fall of a Russian warlord
1 year, 3 months ago

The rise and fall of a Russian warlord

The Hindu  

On June 24 this year, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, marched his troops to within 200 kilometres of Moscow, protesting against the Russian Defence Ministry. Speculation, reactions, Putin’s response Two months later, Russian officials confirmed that Prigozhin had died in a plane crash near Moscow along with other top officials of Wagner, …

Watch: Prigozhin spoke of being ‘wiped out’ in chilling video days before he died
1 year, 3 months ago

Watch: Prigozhin spoke of being ‘wiped out’ in chilling video days before he died

The Telegraph  

Soon after that, the founder of Russia’s most feared private army, which has been implicated in killings and torture in Ukraine, would return from Mali to Moscow. The fate of Wagner, which had a sizable presence not only in Ukraine but also in a number of African countries, hangs in balance now that not only Prigozhin but also his top …

Kremlin says Prigozhin plane may have been downed on purpose, as followers pay tributes at his grave
1 year, 3 months ago

Kremlin says Prigozhin plane may have been downed on purpose, as followers pay tributes at his grave

ABC  

The Kremlin says that investigators have been considering the possibility that the plane carrying mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was downed on purpose, the first explicit acknowledgement that he may have been assassinated. Key points: The Kremlin says investigators have made no formal conclusions yet Russia says it will not probe the crash under international rules Prigozhin's followers laid tributes where …

Prigozhin, who was killed in 'mysterious' plane crash, laid to rest in low-profile funeral, Putin skips event
1 year, 3 months ago

Prigozhin, who was killed in 'mysterious' plane crash, laid to rest in low-profile funeral, Putin skips event

India TV News  

Russia's private army, Wagner's boss, Yevgeny Prigohzin, who reportedly received the country's highest award for leading forces in Ukraine, was laid to rest on Tuesday, where President Vladimir Putin chose not to attend in order to keep the funeral low-profile and more 'secret'. Earlier last week, the head of the Wagner mercenary army that fought in Ukraine and has been …

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is buried in private, ending his tumultuous journey
1 year, 3 months ago

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is buried in private, ending his tumultuous journey

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — A private burial was held for Yevgeny Prigozhin, ending a tumultuous journey from St. Petersburg street thug to Kremlin-financed mercenary leader, following a suspicious plane crash two months after his brief mutiny that challenged the authority of President Vladimir Putin. “Prigozhin’s funeral raises an issue of communication between the bureaucratic Russian government system that doesn’t have …

Vladimir Putin won't attend Wagner boss Prigozhin's funeral: ‘Family matter’
1 year, 3 months ago

Vladimir Putin won't attend Wagner boss Prigozhin's funeral: ‘Family matter’

Hindustan Times  

Russian president Vladimir Putin has no plans to attend the funeral of Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Russian president Vladimir Putin Yevgeny Prigozhin died when his business jet crashed last week, two months after he staged an aborted mutiny against Russian military commanders in which they took control of a southern city, Rostov. Earlier, …

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's buried outside St Petersburg without Vladimir Putin's attendance
1 year, 3 months ago

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's buried outside St Petersburg without Vladimir Putin's attendance

ABC  

The funeral of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash last week, was held privately at a cemetery on the outskirts of his hometown of St Petersburg. Key points: A Kremlin spokesperson said plans for Yevgeny Prigozhin's funeral were up to his family He said Russian President Vladimir Putin had no plans to attend Genetic …

Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance
1 year, 3 months ago

Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance

Firstpost  

Described in the decree as a step to forge the spiritual and moral foundations of the defence of Russia, the wording of the oath includes a line in which those who take it promise to strictly follow the orders of commanders and senior leaders President Vladimir Putin has ordered Wagner fighters to sign an oath of allegiance to the Russian …

'Absolute lie': Russia denies involvement in Wagner chief Prigozhin's death
1 year, 3 months ago

'Absolute lie': Russia denies involvement in Wagner chief Prigozhin's death

India Today  

The Kremlin said that Western suggestions Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin had been killed on its orders were an "absolute lie" while declining to definitively confirm his death, citing the need to wait for test results. Russia's aviation authority has said that Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, was on board a private jet which crashed on Wednesday evening …

'Absolute lie': Kremlin rejects Prigozhin killed on its orders
1 year, 3 months ago

'Absolute lie': Kremlin rejects Prigozhin killed on its orders

The Hindu  

The Kremlin rejected Friday rumours it had ordered the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, presumed to have died in a plane crash two months after leading a mutiny in Russia. He said Prigozhin, who in June led an armed mutiny against Russia's military leadership, had made some "serious mistakes in his life" and had a "complicated fate." Asked if …

Prigozhin’s death is good news for Ukraine
1 year, 3 months ago

Prigozhin’s death is good news for Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

On August 23, the news of Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death in a private plane crash north of Moscow sent shockwaves across the world. Nonetheless, the fiery crash that killed Prigozhin, who had risen to prominence after taking an increasingly visible role in the war in Ukraine, is unlikely to help Putin’s flailing invasion. With Prigozhin out of …

Wiping out Prigozhin may look like a win for Putin – but at what cost?
1 year, 4 months ago

Wiping out Prigozhin may look like a win for Putin – but at what cost?

The Independent  

For weeks, a question had hung over the Kremlin: how was it that the leader of a mercenary group had been able to lead his troops in a short-lived mutiny against the Russian top brass and still be swanning around the country – and indeed the world – with impunity? As Prigozhin and his armed convoy made their way north …

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s reported death may consolidate Putin’s power
1 year, 4 months ago

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s reported death may consolidate Putin’s power

Hindustan Times  

BILL BURNS, the director of the CIA, recently mused on what fate might await Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary leader who mounted a short-lived mutiny in Russia in June. Mr Prigozhin’s Embraer business jet climbed to nearly 30,000 feet before suddenly falling in the Tver region near Moscow after less than 30 minutes in flight, according to public tracking data. Notably, …

Prigozhin’s death will not fix Putin’s miscalculation
1 year, 4 months ago

Prigozhin’s death will not fix Putin’s miscalculation

Al Jazeera  

Wagner’s mutiny was a symptom of intra-elite tensions which will not go away with the passing of its leader. Asked about the future of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who had just carried out a mutiny in Russia, CIA Director William Burns warned that “ Putin is someone who generally thinks that revenge is a dish best served cold”. In …

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny
1 year, 4 months ago

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny

Associated Press  

Yevgeny Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who in June mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. FILE - Yevgeny Prigozhin, top, serves food to then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at Prigozhin’s restaurant outside Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 11, 2011. He called the rebellion …

Russian mercenary chief and mutineer Prigozhin killed in jet crash, state media say
1 year, 4 months ago

Russian mercenary chief and mutineer Prigozhin killed in jet crash, state media say

LA Times  

Yevgeny Prigozhin, shown in the back of a limousine in June, was reportedly aboard the plane that crashed en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg. A channel on the messaging app Telegram linked to Prigozhin’s Wagner Group mercenary forces described him as a “true patriot of his Motherland” who had “died as a result of the actions of traitors to …

Post-mutiny Moscow descends into factional murk
1 year, 5 months ago

Post-mutiny Moscow descends into factional murk

Hindustan Times  

TWO DECADES ago Yevgeny Prigozhin, the violent ex-convict and restaurateur who heads Wagner, a Russian mercenary group, published an illustrated fairy tale that he had written with his two children. Mr Prigozhin said his “march of justice” was meant to remove Sergei Shoigu, the defence minister, and Valery Gerasimov, the head of the army, or to reverse their decision to …

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘dead or in prison’ after Putin meeting, former US commander claims
1 year, 5 months ago

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘dead or in prison’ after Putin meeting, former US commander claims

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Russia’s top mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin …

Putin met Wagner chief Prigozhin
1 year, 5 months ago

Putin met Wagner chief Prigozhin

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Vladimir Putin met the Wagner …

Putin met with Wagner chief Prigozhin days after abortive mutiny: Kremlin
1 year, 5 months ago

Putin met with Wagner chief Prigozhin days after abortive mutiny: Kremlin

The Hindu  

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin days after a short-lived rebellion by the mercenary chief and his private army, the Kremlin’s spokesman said on July 10. The three-hour meeting took place at the Kremlin on June 29 and also involved commanders from the military company Mr. Prigozhin founded, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Mr. Peskov said …

Days After Russia Mutiny, Putin Meets Wagner Group Chief Prigozhin
1 year, 5 months ago

Days After Russia Mutiny, Putin Meets Wagner Group Chief Prigozhin

News 18  

Days after the brief rebellion by Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private army, Russian President Vladimir Putin met the mercenary chief, the Kremlin’s spokesman on Monday said. Apart from Putin and Wagner, 33 others including commanders from the military company Prigozhin also attended the meeting, AFP quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. When Prigozhin launched the short-lived …

Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin’s commanders met Putin after short-lived mutiny, pledged loyalty
1 year, 5 months ago

Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin’s commanders met Putin after short-lived mutiny, pledged loyalty

Associated Press  

Just five days after staging a short-lived rebellion, mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘s commanders met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and pledged loyalty to the government, a senior government spokesman said Monday, the latest twist in a baffling episode that has raised questions about the power and influence both men wield. Mark Galeotti, an author who heads the consulting firm …

Putin met Wagner leader Prigozhin days after failed uprising
1 year, 5 months ago

Putin met Wagner leader Prigozhin days after failed uprising

NPR  

Putin met Wagner leader Prigozhin days after failed uprising Enlarge this image toggle caption Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and nearly three dozen of his mercenary commanders for talks in Moscow late last month — injecting new questions over the future of the mercenary force following …

Kremlin says Putin met with Russian mercenary leader days after abortive mutiny
1 year, 5 months ago

Kremlin says Putin met with Russian mercenary leader days after abortive mutiny

LA Times  

Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the Wagner Group military company, is shown in a video screenshot recording an address in Russia on June 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin days after a short-lived rebellion by the mercenary chief and his private army, the Kremlin’s spokesman said Monday. The three-hour meeting took place at the Kremlin on …

Will the real Prigozhin please stand up? Wagner boss in Belarus. There's a twist
1 year, 5 months ago

Will the real Prigozhin please stand up? Wagner boss in Belarus. There's a twist

Hindustan Times  

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was reportedly exiled to Belarus after his mercenary group's brief mutiny against Russian president Vladimir Putin. But, an unnamed Pentagon official told The New York Times that Yevgeny Prigozhin was actually in Russia after his failed coup attempt. This comes as Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko told reporters that it was unclear if the Wagner fighters would …

Armed rebellion by Wagner chief Prigozhin underscores erosion of Russian legal system
1 year, 5 months ago

Armed rebellion by Wagner chief Prigozhin underscores erosion of Russian legal system

The Hindu  

Russia's rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it's still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the aborted uprising against military leaders or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it. The developments around Mr. Prigozhin, who remains unpunished despite Mr. Putin's labelling of his revolt as treason, …

Kremlin's odd update on Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin: ‘Russia doesn’t care if…'
1 year, 5 months ago

Kremlin's odd update on Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin: ‘Russia doesn’t care if…'

Hindustan Times  

Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko said that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Russia, despite the fact that the leader was reported to be exiled in Belarus following his failed mutiny against Russian president Vladimir Putin. "Despite Peskov's statement to the contrary, I am sure that the Kremlin is quite capable of tracking Prigozhin's movements and that it knows precisely where …

Prigozhin’s fate remains unclear and it signals more trouble in Russia
1 year, 5 months ago

Prigozhin’s fate remains unclear and it signals more trouble in Russia

CNN  

CNN — The bizarre tale of Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s former pal-turned-mutineer, just got a whole lot weirder. Then Thursday, Lukashenko reversed himself, telling CNN that Prigozhin was in St. Petersburg and might be traveling “to Moscow or elsewhere.” In any case, he said, Prigozhin wasn’t where he was supposed to be. Prigozhin’s ensuing march toward Moscow – …

Where’s Prigozhin? President of Belarus now says Wagner chief is back in Russia
1 year, 5 months ago

Where’s Prigozhin? President of Belarus now says Wagner chief is back in Russia

LA Times  

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is in St. Petersburg, not in Belarus as previously supposed, the Belarusian president said. The Wagner mercenary leader who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin is in Russia and his forces are in their field camps, the president of Belarus said Thursday, raising new questions about the deal that ended the extraordinary challenge to …

Column: Bizarre standoff with Wagner Group’s Prigozhin weakens Putin. But don’t count him out
1 year, 5 months ago

Column: Bizarre standoff with Wagner Group’s Prigozhin weakens Putin. But don’t count him out

LA Times  

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, leaves the Southern Military District headquarters in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24. “But it looks as if he’s still got most of the assets he needs to address them.” “People would like to find new evidence that Putin is vulnerable, but it may be overstated,” warned Andrew S. Weiss of the Carnegie Endowment …

Recapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord
1 year, 5 months ago

Recapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Those who don’t give us ammunition will be eaten alive in hell!” Prigozhin, who …

Recapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord
1 year, 5 months ago

Recapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Civil war. Those who don’t give us ammunition will be eaten alive in hell!” Prigozhin, who said he had 25,000 troops to march towards Moscow with him, vowed that his troops would punish Shoigu and urged the army not to offer resistance: “This is not a military coup, but a march of justice.” DAY 2: PUTIN ADDRESSES …

June 29, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news
1 year, 5 months ago

June 29, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news

CNN  

Sergey Surovikin, left, and Yevgeny Prigozhin AP One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as “Putin’s chef.” Both have a checkered past and a reputation for brutality. The commander of the Russian air force Sergey Surovikin and the Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin have not been seen in public in days as questions swirl about the role Surovikin may have …

Prigozhin in Belarus, Lukashenko says, as Putin praises Russian troops for averting 'civil war'
1 year, 5 months ago

Prigozhin in Belarus, Lukashenko says, as Putin praises Russian troops for averting 'civil war'

ABC  

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has revealed details about the negotiations he made with Russian mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin to end the Wagner Group's short-lived mutiny against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Key points: Yevgeny Prigozhin has been given safe haven in Belarus, after the Wagner Group leader abandoned a march on Moscow over the weekend The arrangement was part of a deal …

Russia: Prigozhin moved to Belarus as Kremlin dropped charges but Putin set the stage to take 'revenge'
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia: Prigozhin moved to Belarus as Kremlin dropped charges but Putin set the stage to take 'revenge'

India TV News  

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, escaped prosecution for his abortive armed rebellion against the Kremlin and arrived Tuesday in Belarus. Meanwhile, Moscow said preparations were underway for Wagner’s troops fighting in Ukraine, who numbered 25,000 according to Prigozhin, …

Putin’s two-faced tirades over the Wagner mutiny could still be his undoing
1 year, 5 months ago

Putin’s two-faced tirades over the Wagner mutiny could still be his undoing

The Independent  

Russian president Vladimir Putin has addressed military officers in the Kremlin, in a televised ceremony that was clearly intended to demonstrate three things: that the mutiny at the weekend was over; that Russia’s armed forces were united; and that the president was in the Kremlin with his authority intact. The Russian president recognised Prigozhin’s Wagner group fighters as doughty heroes …

Prigozhin is not the Kremlin's only problem. Meet the Russian partisans trying to help Ukraine win the war and bring Putin down
1 year, 5 months ago

Prigozhin is not the Kremlin's only problem. Meet the Russian partisans trying to help Ukraine win the war and bring Putin down

ABC  

Vladimir Putin may have survived a weekend of mayhem after Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin staged, and then abandoned, a rebellion. The Freedom of Russia Legion was formed in March 2022 by former Russian soldiers who sought to fight within the ranks of Ukraine's armed forces to resist Mr Putin's war. "It's clear that Freedom of Russia Legion and Russian …

Prigozhin arrives in Belarus as Lukashenko takes credit for rescuing Russia from coup
1 year, 5 months ago

Prigozhin arrives in Belarus as Lukashenko takes credit for rescuing Russia from coup

The Telegraph  

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the mutinous Wagner private army, arrived for his apparent exile in Belarus as his fighters were handed a new role training the country’s army. “The security guarantees that he gave were offered: It’s true that he is in Belarus today,” Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarussian president, said after taking credit for rescuing Russia from a coup. …

Russia drops charges against Wagner leaders who took part in brief rebellion
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia drops charges against Wagner leaders who took part in brief rebellion

India Today  

Russian authorities on Tuesday said they have closed a criminal investigation into the armed rebellion led by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, with no charges against him or any of the other participants. Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close Putin ally who brokered a deal with Prigozhin to stop the uprising, didn’t immediately address Prigozhin’s fate in a speech Tuesday. …

What the papers say – June 27
1 year, 5 months ago

What the papers say – June 27

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Guardian leads on Mr …

Russia tries to project a sense of order after mercenary revolt but uncertainty still swirls
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia tries to project a sense of order after mercenary revolt but uncertainty still swirls

The Hindu  

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu made his first public appearance since a mercenary uprising demanded his ouster, inspecting troops in Ukraine in a video released on June 26 aimed at projecting a sense of order after the country’s most serious political crisis in decades. Russia's RIA Novosti state news agency cited unidentified sources in the Prosecutor General’s office as saying …

Live Updates | Fallout from Russian mercenary armed revolt
1 year, 5 months ago

Live Updates | Fallout from Russian mercenary armed revolt

Associated Press  

The latest on the aftermath of the armed rebellion declared by Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin: ___ Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin on Monday released the first audio statement since an aborted armed rebellion he staged on Saturday, defending the move as a reaction to an attack on his force that killed some of his fighters. ___ KEY DEVELOPMENTS: Russia tries …

Putin Says Aborted Rebellion Played Into Hands Of Russia's Enemies
1 year, 5 months ago

Putin Says Aborted Rebellion Played Into Hands Of Russia's Enemies

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday blasted organizers of a weekend revolt as “traitors” who played into the hands of Ukraine’s government and its allies. He declined to name Prigozhin, but said mutiny organizers had tried to force the group’s soldiers “to shoot their own.” He blamed “Russia’s enemies” and said they “miscalculated.” Western officials have been …

Putin slams ‘traitors’ as Prigozhin claims mercenary rebellion was only a ‘protest’
1 year, 5 months ago

Putin slams ‘traitors’ as Prigozhin claims mercenary rebellion was only a ‘protest’

CNN  

CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin have both broken their silence, after the paramilitary group’s short-lived and chaotic insurrection at the weekend threw the country into uncertainty, in what the Russian leader described as a betrayal of the country. In a brief address to the nation on Monday, Putin said Wagner fighters made the “right …

Why Prigozhin’s short-lived Russian rebellion failed
1 year, 5 months ago

Why Prigozhin’s short-lived Russian rebellion failed

CNN  

CNN — Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin over-reached and lost. Video Ad Feedback CNN reporter calls out 'lie' after Putin thanks Russian forces for stopping 'civil war' 02:45 - Source: CNN Feud spills into the open For months now, Prigozhin struck a chord with his charismatic and carefully choreographed front-line rants from Bakhmut where his fighters were dying in their …

I could have taken Ukraine in a day, says Wagner boss
1 year, 5 months ago

I could have taken Ukraine in a day, says Wagner boss

The Telegraph  

Yevgeny Prigozhin has claimed his mutiny was a “masterclass” in how to launch an invasion, and showed Kremlin leaders that he could have seized Ukraine within a day. In his first comments since the revolt, the leader of the mercenary Wagner Group said his shock march on Moscow had been a protest rather than a coup and he had not …

Prigozhin has let the genie out of the bottle
1 year, 5 months ago

Prigozhin has let the genie out of the bottle

Al Jazeera  

We have yet to see the full repercussions of the Wagner Group’s march on Moscow. On June 24, language met reality as Russian forces bombed the southern city of Voronezh trying to slow down the advance of the Wagner Group’s mercenary convoy towards Moscow. Led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as “Putin’s Chef” for having made a fortune in Kremlin catering …

Putin’s power ‘ebbing away’ as Russian president disappears after Wagner rebellion
1 year, 5 months ago

Putin’s power ‘ebbing away’ as Russian president disappears after Wagner rebellion

The Independent  

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