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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

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

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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 …

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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

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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

Vladimir Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance after Yevgeny Prigozhin's purported demise

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Vladimir Putin has ordered Wagner fighters to sign an oath of allegiance to the Russian state after a deadly plane crash believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the volatile chief of the mercenary group. Key points: Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prizoghin is said to have been killed in a plane crash outside of Moscow Mr Prizoghin had led an aborted …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Why there could be more to the crash that 'killed' Yevgeny Prigozhin

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Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin has been pronounced dead by authorities and his affiliates, yet some intelligence experts remain deeply sceptical about his fate. Key points: Vladimir Putin has offered his condolences to the victims' families What caused the plane to come down remains unclear Yevgeny Prigozhin was known to have used body doubles as part of his security measures One …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Russian investigators say flight recorders and 10 bodies were recovered from wreckage of Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane

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Russian investigators say they have recovered flight recorders and 10 bodies from the scene of a plane crash thought to have killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin two days ago. "In the course of initial investigative work, the bodies of 10 victims were found at the site of the plane crash," Russia's investigative committee said on social media. Mr Putin cited …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Vladimir Putin sends condolences to families after plane crash that Russia says killed Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered his condolences after a plane crash that authorities say killed Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. Key points: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Mr Prigozhin "made serious mistakes in life" in televised comments Mr Putin said Mr Prigozhin just returned to Russia from Africa Russian investigators opened a criminal probe into the crash but the …

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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 | The Wagner chief killed in a plane crash

The Hindu

Who was Yevgeny Prigozhin? The hotdog seller of St. Petersburg Prigozhin’s rise and fall were closely linked to Mr. Putin. Putin’s chef The relationship between Mr. Putin and Prigozhin, probably established in one of those meetings, would flourish in the following years. Mr. Putin’s decision in January to replace Gen. Sergey Surovikin, who was close to Wagner and Prigozhin, with …

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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

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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, 5 months ago

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Man who led Putin mutiny pictured in pants in tent during exile

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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. Just days after a pro-Kremlin media outlet published photographs …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Private mercenary groups like Wagner are a thriving illegal industry in Russia, offering Putin 'plausible deniability' on the battlefield

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Vladimir Putin's darkest battles are being carried out by private armies run by Russia's elite, but after an attempted uprising, the president is facing the reality they could turn on him. "Some of these new organisations that have been stood up directly by the Russian government, it doesn't look like there's any real distinction between them and the Ministry of …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Price of hosting Wagner is instability for Lukashenko’s Belarus

The Telegraph

Vladimir Putin suffered a stinging public humiliation. Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator of Belarus, spent much of Tuesday afternoon regaling Belarusian officials and state television with the tale of how he single handedly averted a Russian civil war. In typical Lukashenko fashion, his account mixed false modesty, blokish bravado with shameless self-promotion. But his evident enjoyment of the limelight – not …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Putin blames 'enemies' for rebellion attempt as Wagner Group denies trying to overthrow Russian government

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Russian President Vladimir Putin made a defiant televised address on Monday evening, saying he had deliberately let Saturday's 24-hour mutiny by the Wagner militia go on as long as it did to avoid bloodshed, and that it had reinforced national unity. Key points: Vladimir Putin promises Wagner troops can go to Belarus, join Russia, or be with their families Yevgeny …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Rebellion in Russia: on the mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin of the Wagner private military company

The Hindu

The short-lived mutiny of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner private military company, not only exposed the growing, uncontrollable feud between the warlord and Russia’s top defence leadership but also the weakening position of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the country’s complex power dynamics. But in Mr. Prigozhin, whose forces took over a critical military headquarters in the southern city …

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1 year, 5 months ago

What happened in Russia? Here's how the Wagner Group's mutiny unfolded over the weekend

ABC

There were some big developments in Russia over the weekend. Reuters reported that Mr Prigozhin said the war in Ukraine was built on lies and called for the "evil" of Russian military leadership to be stopped. Wagner boss makes demand from military HQ Mr Prigozhin said he was at the headquarters of Russia's Southern Military District, which is in the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

What happened during the Wagner Group mutiny against the Russian military — and what comes next? Here's what we know

ABC

Vladimir Putin faced an armed mutiny this weekend as the Wagner Group mercenary organisation chief called for a "march of justice" against the Russian military over allegations they had fired on his men. Having described Mr Prigozhin's actions as "a stab in the back", Mr Putin mandated 30-day detention for anyone breaking martial law, while armed soldiers reportedly blocked the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Wagner troops retreat from captured Russian city 'to avoid bloodshed'

ABC

Wagner group fighters have left the captured southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and headed back to their field camps, the regional governor said. Key points: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had brokered a deal with the Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin will move to Belarus and face no prosecution A politician said Wagner mercenaries had been promised an amnesty if …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Russia says Wagner Group’s leader will move to Belarus after his rebellious march challenged Putin

The Hindu

The rebellious Russian mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow before abruptly reversing course will move to neighbouring Belarus and not face prosecution, the Kremlin said Saturday, as part of a deal to defuse a crisis that represented the most significant challenge to President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power. In a televised …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin says Moscow's war in Ukraine is based on lies

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Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says on Friday that the official Kremlin-backed version of why Moscow invaded Ukraine was based on lies concocted by his perennial adversary — the army's top brass. Key points: Yevgeny Prigozhin rejected Russia's core justification for invading Ukraine for the first time Mr Prigozhin said the war was about the Russian army chief's vanity and …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says Kremlin factions are destroying the Russian state

ABC

Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin says Kremlin factions are destroying the state by trying to sow discord between him and Chechen fighters. Key points: Yevgeny Prigozhin blamed Kremlin factions for the dispute between him and Chechen forces Russian President Vladimir Putin held a security council meeting on "interethnic" relations inside the country. Today, as Russia's President Vladimir Putin flails around …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Russia says two killed by Ukrainian shelling of border region, China considers another peace mission

ABC

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has been arguing with top military brass for months, has escalated the feud by accusing pro-Moscow forces of trying to blow up his men. Key points: Russian authorities say four homes have been damaged by shelling in Bryansk Long-range drones also hit two towns in the Smolensk region Air raid alerts were lifted across …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, the man behind the Wagner Group?

Hindustan Times

This week Yevgeny Prigozhin stepped out of the shadows. “I cleaned the old weapons myself, sorted out the bulletproof vests myself,” said Mr Prigozhin, referring to the early days of the Wagner Group. In 2014 he founded Wagner, the first and largest state-linked business of private military contractors operating in Ukraine, where they bolstered the ranks of Russia’s unmarked soldiers …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Prigozhin says Wagner Group mercenary force will withdraw from Bakhmut due to lack of ammunition

ABC

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russia's Wagner Group mercenary force, has said in a sudden and dramatic announcement that his forces will leave Bakhmut on May 10, having tried to capture the Ukrainian city since last summer. Key points: Yevgeny Prigozhin says Wagner mercenaries will leave Bakhmut by May 10 due to heavy losses and inadequate ammunition It is not …

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

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

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

Vladimir Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance after Yevgeny Prigozhin's purported demise

Why there could be more to the crash that 'killed' Yevgeny Prigozhin

Russian investigators say flight recorders and 10 bodies were recovered from wreckage of Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane

Vladimir Putin sends condolences to families after plane crash that Russia says killed Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin

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

Yevgeny Prigozhin | The Wagner chief killed in a plane crash

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

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Man who led Putin mutiny pictured in pants in tent during exile

Private mercenary groups like Wagner are a thriving illegal industry in Russia, offering Putin 'plausible deniability' on the battlefield

Price of hosting Wagner is instability for Lukashenko’s Belarus

Putin blames 'enemies' for rebellion attempt as Wagner Group denies trying to overthrow Russian government

Rebellion in Russia: on the mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin of the Wagner private military company

What happened in Russia? Here's how the Wagner Group's mutiny unfolded over the weekend

What happened during the Wagner Group mutiny against the Russian military — and what comes next? Here's what we know

Wagner troops retreat from captured Russian city 'to avoid bloodshed'

Russia says Wagner Group’s leader will move to Belarus after his rebellious march challenged Putin

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin says Moscow's war in Ukraine is based on lies

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says Kremlin factions are destroying the Russian state

Russia says two killed by Ukrainian shelling of border region, China considers another peace mission

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, the man behind the Wagner Group?

Prigozhin says Wagner Group mercenary force will withdraw from Bakhmut due to lack of ammunition