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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-Wagner commander Andrei Medvedev denied asylum in Norway

ABC

In short: Andrei Medvedev, a former commander of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, has been denied asylum in Norway. Andrei Medvedev, a former commander of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, has been denied asylum in Norway. A former commander of Russia's Wagner mercenary group who fled to Norway last year has been denied asylum. "They say the Wagner group is …

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1 year ago

Vladimir Putin ordered this man to kill Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin: Report

Hindustan Times

Russian president Vladimir Putin's right-hand man the country's Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev- ordered the assassination of Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wall Street Journal reported citing Western intelligence and a former Russian intelligence officer. Yevgeny Prigozhin Death: Russian President Vladimir Putin has a phone call in Moscow, Russia. Nikolai Patrushev- who has served under Vladimir Putin since …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Who is former Wagner chief Andrei 'Grey Hair' Troshev? Why does Vladimir Putin want him to oversee military units in Ukraine?

ABC

Former Wagner commander Andrei Troshev has outlasted a failed military coup and the death of his one-time boss. Just over a month since Yevgeny Prigozhin's death in a plane crash, the 61-year-old has been tasked by President Vladimir Putin with overseeing volunteer fighter units in Ukraine. A former Internal Affairs agent and military veteran, Andrei Troshev was a founding member …

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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.” …

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1 year, 3 months ago

'I am doing fine...': Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's THIS video goes viral

India TV News

After a plane crash claimed the life of Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin last week, a video of him a few days before his death has gone viral on social media. 'Deliberate wrongdoing' behind Prigozhin's death The Kremlin on Wednesday said that 'deliberate wrongdoing's is among the possible causes behind the plane crash that killed Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny …

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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 …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Russians are convinced Wagner warlord Prigozhin is still alive as conspiracy spreads that Putin killed body double

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin confirmed dead in plane crash

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1 year, 3 months ago

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

Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, who made his name as a profane and brutal mercenary boss before mounting an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule, has died at age 62. Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, a Russian military contractor, was on a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin confirmed dead in crash

Al Jazeera

Genetic analysis confirms mercenary boss was killed after his aircraft went down in what appeared to be an explosion. Russian authorities confirmed the death of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, putting to rest any doubts about whether the wily mercenary leader turned mutineer was on a plane that crashed killing everyone on board. Peter Eltsov, associate professor at the US …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Russia's investigators confirm Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin died in last week's plane crash

ABC

Russia's Investigation Committee says genetic tests have confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin was among the 10 people who died in a plane crash last Wednesday. Key points: Yevgeny Prigozhin's private plane crashed north-west of Moscow last week, killing all those on board It was exactly two months after the Wagner mercenary group founder's armed revolt Russian President Vladimir Putin described the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Putin's nemesis, the muscle man, and the Nazi: How the apparent Wagner plane crash changed everything

ABC

In Vladimir Putin's Russia, nothing is ever as it seems. Inside the Kremlin's 36 hours of chaos as a stunned Putin watched his warlord advance Photo shows Vladimir Putin in a black shirt and jacket Russia's president may have placed himself at the pinnacle of a so-called "power vertical", but some believe one "humiliating" weekend could be the beginning of …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed

Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot at close range. Anna Politkovskaya, the journalist for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta whose death Litvinenko was investigating, was shot and killed in the elevator of her Moscow apartment building on Oct. …

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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, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Yevgeny Prigozhin was assassinated 'as a gift for Zelensky to celebrate Ukraine's victory day today', Putin's former spokesman claims

Daily Mail

Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed as a 'gift to Zelensky' from Ukraine's intelligence service to celebrate the nation's independence day today, Vladimir Putin's former spokesperson has claimed. Sergei Markov, who is a stern supporter of the Russian president and formerly a close advisor, said it was 'absolutely clear that Prigozhin killed by Ukrainian intelligence service,' the night before Ukraine The Wagner …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Is Wagner chief Prigozhin still alive? Will he rise from the dead AGAIN? Putin's chef was declared dead in 2019 plane crash only to reappear three days later… and was filmed with comrade also 'killed'

Daily Mail

As reports swirl that feared Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin has been killed in a plane crash near Moscow, it has emerged the mercenary boss was declared dead in another aviation disaster in 2019 - only to reappear three days later. It comes as footage emerged of Prigozhin speaking with his Wagner deputy commander, who is also reportedly among the dead …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Yevgeny Prigozhin dead: How Putin's chef became chief of Wagner mercenary group

Firstpost

Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly died after a plane crashed near Moscow on Wednesday. The Wagner chief led an incredible life – from a caterer to Vladimir Putin, he rose the ranks to become the Russian leader’s closest aide Yevgeny Prigozhin’s fate has been a mystery since Wagner fighters took the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on 23 June, before marching on …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Is Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death an act of revenge by Vladimir Putin?

Firstpost

Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is reportedly dead after a plane carrying him crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday. That’s the question many are asking after Russia confirmed that Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin died when a private jet crashed north of the Russian capital, Moscow. The crash comes just two months after Prigozhin had launched a short-lived rebellion – …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin Dead? What We Know So Far

News 18

Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief mutiny against the top Russian army brass, is presumed dead after appearing on the passenger list of a private jet that crashed north of Moscow, killing all 10 people on board. Failed Mutiny Prigozhin was a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, but their relationship soured after the Wagner chief, heading …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Severed heads, wigs and alligators: Inside Prigozhin's St Petersburg mansion raided by Putin's goons after Wagner chief's failed coup - two months before his plane crashed

Daily Mail

Palace of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was raided after failed insurrection Two months before the plane crash that killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin had his goons raid the Wagner chief's mansion in Russia. Photos purporting to show Prigozhin wearing the wigs as part of various disguises were leaked to state-backed Russian Telegram channels Prigozhin's backers say he was likely working …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Ten dead in Moscow jet crash with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on passenger list, say local authorities

ABC

Russia's civil aviation authority says Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and Wagner commander Dmitry Utkin were on board a private jet that crashed in Russia's Tver region north of Moscow, with no survivors. Key points: Russian authorities confirmed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as passenger on the aircraft The plane had been in flight less than 30 minutes when …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly died in a plane crash. Where did it happen and how is the world reacting?

ABC

Russia's most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was on board a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday evening, leaving no survivors, Russian authorities say. A second private jet linked to Prigozhin also appeared to be heading to St Petersburg, which is Prigozhin's home base. "The demonstrative elimination of Prigozhin and the Wagner command two months after the coup attempt …

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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 …

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1 year, 4 months ago

‘Contract was put out on Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in Russia’, ex spy claims

Hindustan Times

A former British intelligence officer said that he received information previously regarding a contract that had been put out on Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. "We had heard some weeks ago from a source that a contract had been put out on Prigozhin in Russia by senior members of the business community," Christopher Steele told Sky News. There has been no …

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Ex-Wagner commander Andrei Medvedev denied asylum in Norway

Vladimir Putin ordered this man to kill Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin: Report

Who is former Wagner chief Andrei 'Grey Hair' Troshev? Why does Vladimir Putin want him to oversee military units in Ukraine?

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

'I am doing fine...': Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's THIS video goes viral

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

Russians are convinced Wagner warlord Prigozhin is still alive as conspiracy spreads that Putin killed body double

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin confirmed dead in plane crash

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

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin confirmed dead in crash

Russia's investigators confirm Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin died in last week's plane crash

Putin's nemesis, the muscle man, and the Nazi: How the apparent Wagner plane crash changed everything

Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed

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

Yevgeny Prigozhin was assassinated 'as a gift for Zelensky to celebrate Ukraine's victory day today', Putin's former spokesman claims

Is Wagner chief Prigozhin still alive? Will he rise from the dead AGAIN? Putin's chef was declared dead in 2019 plane crash only to reappear three days later… and was filmed with comrade also 'killed'

Yevgeny Prigozhin dead: How Putin's chef became chief of Wagner mercenary group

Is Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death an act of revenge by Vladimir Putin?

Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin Dead? What We Know So Far

Severed heads, wigs and alligators: Inside Prigozhin's St Petersburg mansion raided by Putin's goons after Wagner chief's failed coup - two months before his plane crashed

Ten dead in Moscow jet crash with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on passenger list, say local authorities

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has reportedly died in a plane crash. Where did it happen and how is the world reacting?

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

‘Contract was put out on Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in Russia’, ex spy claims