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Yevgeny Prigozhin

International

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

The White House said 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

FILE PHOTO: Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves a cemetery before the funeral of a Russian military blogger who was killed in a bomb attack in a St Petersburg cafe, in Moscow, Russia, April 8, 2023. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova//File Photo
International

Belarus leader Lukashenko says Prigozhin is back in Russia

“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

State TV showed Putin meeting top security officials and military officers in the Kremlin, sternly thanking them for their support.
International

Putin says he’s back in control, but Russia’s elite isn’t so sure

Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group's pullout from the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
International

Russian mercenary Prigozhin is in Belarus

Putin thanked Wagner fighters and commanders who had stood down from the mutiny to avoid what he called “fratricidal bloodshed”, and said the vast majority of Wagner’s members were patriots.
International

Putin says he let Wagner mutiny continue to avoid bloodshed

This screengrab made from undated video footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on June 26, 2023 show Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (C) gesturing between officers as they look at a map in an undisclosed location.
International

‘We didn’t want to overthrow government’, says Prigozhin in first comments since mutiny

The Russian currency narrowed losses to trade 0.6 per cent weaker at 85.1050 per dollar at 9.35 am in Moscow, the lowest since March 2022.
International

Rouble hits weakest in 15 months after Wagner challenges Putin

Analysts say they believe Beijing opted for a “wait-and-see” approach to the crisis, driven in part by an understanding that the rebellion exposed fissures in Putin’s grip.
International

China contends with weakened Putin after Wagner mutiny

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