CNN — Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a failed uprising against the Kremlin exactly two months ago, was on board a plane that crashed on Wednesday, according to Russian officials – raising questions as to exactly how the disaster occurred. “The majority of the wreckage fell near agricultural enterprises.” Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti also reported Thursday that …
CNN — Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says he is in Africa “making Russia even greater on all continents, and Africa even freer,” in a video circulating on pro-Russian military blogs Monday. We are hiring real bogatyrs and continue to fulfill the tasks that were set before us and that we promised we would handle.” Wagner fighters have been active …
Weeks after the failed armed mutiny, chief of Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin has claimed to make what would be is his first public appearance in Belarus. A video has emerged on Telegram channels linked to the mercenary group where a person, appeared to be the Wagner boss, is seen welcoming fighters and describing the recent developments in the Ukraine-Russia …
CNN — Yevgeny Prigozhin is the founder and bombastic leader of Russia’s private military group Wagner. Prigozhin was once a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the Kremlin leader has now vowed punishment on those involved in “an armed rebellion.” Typically a figure who has preferred to operate in the shadows, Prigozhin and his fighters were thrust into …