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[ad_1] Prigozhin attended a meeting with Putin at St Petersburg where Putin was hosting African leaders. Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a voice message published on Monday that his Wagner group was not currently recruiting fighters but was likely to do so in future. The future of Wagner and Mr Prigozhin has been … Read more
[ad_1] FSB also found cash worth 600 million roubles in the Wagner chief’s properties. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s posh house and offices were raided by Russian security forces on Wednesday. According to The Independent, the FSB (Federal Security Service) said that it found guns, ammunition, a collection of bars of gold, a wardrobe full of … Read more
[ad_1] This was Vladimir Putin’s first outing since the Wagner group’s aborted coup. Russian President Vladimir Putin drew a cartoon smiley face on a whiteboard while visiting tech exhibition in Moscow – his first outing since the aborted Wagner coup. A video showing Mr Putin drawing the face with big ears has sparked a flurry … Read more
[ad_1] Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin flew to Belarus from Russia today. (File) Moscow: Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin flew to Belarus from Russia on Tuesday after a mutiny that has dealt the biggest blow to President Vladimir Putin’s authority since he came to power more than 23 years ago. Vladimir Putin initially vowed to … Read more
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin’s address in Cathedral Square at the Kremlin. (File) Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow had paid out last year just over $1 billion to the Wagner mercenary group, which last week staged a failed mutiny. “The state paid to the Wagner group 86.262 billion rubles (around $1 … Read more
[ad_1] Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group Kyiv: An abortive mutiny in Russia has shown the risks the Kremlin faces from a long, grinding conflict in Ukraine even though it has not handed Kyiv an immediate breakthrough on the battlefield. Many questions still swirl after Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner forces returned to base … Read more
[ad_1] Rostov-on-Don: Fighters from the powerful mercenary group Wagner today left the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don a day after threatening to overthrow the government. “A Wagner column left Rostov and headed to their field camps,” governor Vasily Golubev said on Telegram. On Saturday, the mercenaries had seized control of a key military base in … Read more
[ad_1] The Prigozhin unrest has spurred global security concerns. Chaos in Russia works to Kyiv’s advantage, Ukraine officials said on Saturday, but it remains to be seen whether President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his army can capitalise on the disorder caused this weekend as mercenaries marched towards Moscow. Late on Saturday, Yevgeny Prigozhin, a founder of … Read more
[ad_1] Yevgeny Prigozhin called off his troops’ advance toward Moscow on Saturday. Moscow: Militia leader Yevgeny Prigozhin who turned his Wagner force against the military leadership in Moscow, will leave for Belarus and a criminal case against him will be dropped, the Kremlin said Saturday. “Avoiding bloodshed, internal confrontation, and clashes with unpredictable results was … Read more
[ad_1] Prigozhin said his fighters had advanced 200 km (124 miles)towards Moscow Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters who surged most of the way to Moscow have agreed to turn back to avoid bloodshed, their leader said on Saturday, in a de-escalation of what had become a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. The … Read more