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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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People lay flowers outside Wagner HQ on news of Prigozhin's death

Prigozhin’s forces fought some of the fiercest battles against Ukraine over the last 18 months, but pulled back from the frontline after capturing the eastern city of Bakhmut in late May.

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Air accident expert: This is how to investigate Wagner plane crash

Experts say they would normally work with the aircraft's manufacturer and look at possible mechanical causes, weather forecasts, and any internal or external explosion like a bomb or missile.

Russia

Who was Yevgeny Prigozhin: Criminal, cook, troll and troublemaker

Who was Yevgeny Prigozhin: Criminal, cook, troll and troublemaker

Russia

Wagner boss killed in plane crash: What happens next?

Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead on Wednesday. But what happens now?

Russia

Prigozhin's death is business as usual, but does it help Putin?

The apparent assassination of the Wagner chief marks just another turn in Putin's effort to shore himself up, but it won't change the disastrous trajectory of the Ukrainian war.

Russia

Putin breaks silence on crash that killed Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin

Full coverage and analysis of the crash, it's aftermath and what happens next.

Russia

Wagner leader Prigozhin aboard crashed plane, says Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far remained silent about his death.

Ukraine

Russia repels border attack, as Wagner boss makes post-coup debut

All the latest developments from the Ukraine war.

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Wagner still recruiting fighters on Facebook, despite Meta’s rules

In late May, Meta said it had labelled Wagner as a "dangerous organisation," saying that content promoting the group will be removed from its platforms. A recent study found it's still there.

Russia

Euroviews. In Africa, Russia seeks to retain its superpower credentials

Irrespective of the outcome of the Ukraine war, Russia-West relations will remain adversarial for the foreseeable future, and Moscow will seek any opportunity to seek new partnerships and push back against the West, Vuk Vuksanović writes.

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War in Ukraine: footage shows Wagner troops still in Belarus

Ukrainian sources continue to report expanding Wagner activity in the Brest region, and a Wagner-affiliated source posted footage showing that Wagner instructors continue to train Belarusian military personnel.

Belarus

War in Ukraine: Wagner troops could be leaving Belarus

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that a Russian insider source claims Wagner forces are conducting their first stage of withdrawal from Belarus

Belarus

Belarus is trying to provoke neighbours, says exiled opposition leader

Warsaw has beefed-up security along the Poland-Belarus border after it reported Belarusian combat helicopter units and Wagner mercenaries relocating closer towards Polish territory.

Niger

Niger's coup leaders ask Russian mercenary group, Wagner, for help

Niger's military leaders have reportedly asked Russian mercenary group for help against a potential ECOWAS intervention.

Lithuania

Fears grow of Russian provocation on Poland and Lithuania borders

“Our borders have stopped various hybrid attacks for years," said Poland's PM Mateusz Morawiecki.

Ukraine

Russia starts drills in Baltic Sea, as Ukrainian grain facilities hit

All the latest news from the war in Ukraine.