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Memorial held in Russia a year after Yevgeny Prigozhin's death

A group of former soldiers and supporters of the Wagner paramilitary group, that was led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, held the memorial in a Moscow street.

24/08/2024

Russia

A year ago, Wagner chief Prigozhin's mutiny briefly threatened Putin

Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenaries seized a military HQ and began marching toward Moscow but called off their mutiny after a few hours. Prigozhin was later killed in an airplane crash, while Wagner has been all but disbanded.

23/06/2024

Russia

Putin releases and pardons Satanist killer

Nikolai Ogolobyak was given the reprieve after fighting for the notorious Storm Z unit of the Russian army in their war against Ukraine.

22/11/2023

Ukraine

Zelenskyy rules out elections, Wagner training Chechen special forces

The latest developments from the Ukraine war.

07/11/2023

Russia

'The Kremlin doesn't care': Ex-Wagner fighters cause havoc in Russia

Letting convicts loose in a war zone and then releasing them back into society shows the state has "little regard for ordinary people", one expert told Euronews.

10/10/2023

Ukraine

Drugs and grenades led to Wagner plane crash, claims Putin

All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine.

06/10/2023

Russia

Putin says grenade fragments found in bodies of Prigozhin plane crash

Vladimir Putin said the head of the investigative committee told him that explosive traces were discovered in the remains of people killed in a plane crash in Russia in August. Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was among the dead.

05/10/2023

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WATCH: Dead Wagner chief Prigozhin hailed a hero in Moscow

Dozens pay respects in several Russian cities 40 days after Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash.

02/10/2023

World News

Has Prigozhin's demise changed Russia's plans in Africa?

Wagner mercenaries have been involved on the African continent for years. So has Prigozhin's demise jeopardised Russia's plans for the African continent?

02/10/2023

Ukraine

Ukrainian army 10 km from Bakhmut, as evacuations ordered in south

All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine.

15/09/2023

United Kingdom

What changes with the UK labelling Wagner a ‘terrorist’ group?

Experts are doubtful that the labelling would have a strong impact on Wagner - though they agree on the political and cultural importance of the UK’s decision.

12/09/2023

Europe Decoded

Fact-check: Why are certain Wagner graves being destroyed in Russia?

One particular video accused the Kremlin of attempting to erase the memory of Wagner soldiers after the sudden death of the group's boss Yevgeny Progizhin in a plane crash.

08/09/2023

United Kingdom

Britain to add Russia's Wagner mercenary group to terror list

The measure will be presented to Parliament on Wednesday, and would make it a criminal offence to support the organisation.

06/09/2023

Ukraine

Did Vladimir Putin attend Wagner chief Prigozhin's funeral?

A viral clip has surfaced of the Russian leader allegedly attending the memorial service even though the Kremlin had announced the President would not be participating. However, the video is an old one and dates back to 2013.

05/09/2023

Russia

Wagner says Prigozhin plane crash might have been 'deliberate'

Kremlin says 'deliberate wrongdoing' among possible causes of plane crash that killed Prigozhin

30/08/2023

Russia

Putin supported by most Russians but what about his inner circle?

President Putin appears to have the support of everyday Russians but some analysts suggest that his biggest rivals could be those closest to him

30/08/2023

Russia

Russia confirms Wagner leader Prigozhin died in plane crash

Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed two months after he mounted a daylong mutiny against Russia's military. President Vladimir Putin decried it as “treason.” The brief uprising posed the biggest challenge to Putin’s authority within his 23-year rule.

27/08/2023

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WATCH: Wagner supporters mourn mercenary leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin

Supporters of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin brought flowers and flags to a makeshift memorial at the Wagner group headquarters in St. Petersburg on Friday.

26/08/2023

Russia

Euroviews. Is there correlation between Wagner, warlordism, and the Fall of Rome?

Vladimir Putin’s Russia is losing its monopoly on violence, and thus is at risk of becoming a failed state, if it is not one already, Dr Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele writes.

26/08/2023

World News

Putin praises 'talented' Prigozhin in first comments since crash

Putin expressed his condolences to the families of the ten people who were aboard the jet, including mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

24/08/2023