Wagner

Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, spearheaded the mutiny against Russia’s top army brass on Jun 23-24 which Putin said could have tipped Russia into civil war.

Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russia’s most powerful mercenary, believed killed in plane crash

RUSSIA’S most powerful mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane which crashed on Wednesday (Aug 23) evening north of Moscow with no survivors, the Russian authorities said, two months to the d...

The White House said President Joe Biden had been briefed on the crash and he told reporters he did not know for a fact what had happened.

International

Biden unsurprised by report of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (Aug 23) said he was not surprised by reports that Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had died in a plane crash, adding that not much happens in the country ...

If Russian President Vladimir Putin can be persuaded to go quietly, the commodity market could see a soft landing.

Opinion & Features

NEWS ANALYSIS

Collapse of Putin’s regime would cause commodity price spike, hampering inflation control efforts

YEVGENY Prigozhin’s march on Moscow last month hinted at one way President Vladimir Putin’s regime could come to an abrupt end, and foreshadowed the blow such an event would deal to the global economy...

Belarus President Lukashenko told reporters on Thursday: “As for Prigozhin (top), he’s in St Petersburg. He is not on the territory of Belarus.”

International

Belarus leader Lukashenko says Prigozhin is back in Russia

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who last month brokered a deal to end an armed mutiny in Russia, said on Thursday (Jul 6) that Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was no longer in Be...

“If anyone in the West has any doubts, then that’s your problem,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said when asked if he could give assurances to the world that Russia was not slipping into turmoil.

International

Russia will emerge stronger after mutiny, so no need to fret, says foreign minister

Russia will emerge stronger after a failed mutiny by Wagner Group mercenaries, so the West need not worry about stability in the world’s biggest nuclear power, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on F...

The feud between Wagner and the army has escalated for months, with Yevgeny Prigozhin making increasingly scathing statements against the generals’ handling of the offensive in Ukraine, blaming them for thousands of Russian losses.

International

Wagner chief heads into Belarus exile; Nato vows to protect allies

Belarus welcomed the head of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin into exile on Tuesday (Jun 27) following an aborted rebellion, as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) warned it was ...

Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said his “march for justice”, was aimed at settling scores with Putin’s military top brass whom he cast as treasonous and corrupt.

International

Russian mercenary Prigozhin is in Belarus

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin flew to Belarus from Russia on Tuesday (Jun 27) after a mutiny that has dealt the biggest blow to President Vladimir Putin’s authority since he came to power ...

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