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Russians mourn the death of the Wagner mercenary chief, who was buried in St. Peter’s
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the self-styled ‘Wagner Group’, was an act of “provocation” by Ukraine. The Russian President added that the Wagner Group was founded by Russia’s military intelligence services. Prigozhin was killed in a missile strike on the Russian-occupied peninsula of Crimea last…
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Russia has confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin died in the plane crash
A plane carrying Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin crashed in Moscow last week, killing all 10 people on board, two months after he led his mercenary company in an attempted mutiny in Russia. Russia’s civil aviation authority said Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants were on the list of the passengers and crew members…
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The documents show a snapshot of US intelligence officials watching China
US officials had warned China against supplying aid to Russia for its war in Ukraine, according to leaked US government documents obtained by China’s state media Global Times. The documents also showed the extent to which the US penetrated the Russian Ministry of Defence and the Russian mercenary organisation Wagner Group.
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The man sheds light on brutality in the country
Russian military contractor Wagner Group has stopped recruiting convicts from Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine amid a conflict between Russian forces and the Ukrainian military, its CEO Yevgeny Prigozhin said. “Those who work for us now are fulfilling all their obligations,” he said. Prigozhin’s statement comes after reports claimed that Russian Defence Minister Sergei…