Wagner Chief

Is Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death an act of revenge by Vladimir Putin?

Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is reportedly dead after a plane carrying him crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday. Many believe that Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has exacted his revenge against his once-close ally for launching a mutiny two months ago

'Not much that happens in Russia that Putin...': Biden 'not surprised' by Wagner chief Prigozhin's death

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he was "not surprised" at news that Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, may have died in a plane crash in Russia

Why Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's presence in Belarus is seen as a threat

As life in Russia returns to normal after the armed rebellion by Wagner group, tensions are rising in and around its neighbour Belarus, where the exiled leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and some of its fighters are settling in

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Belarus, says President Alexander Lukashenko

Lukashenko said that the nation is not currently erecting camps for Wagner mercenary soldiers on its soil, and he has given the group some undeveloped area inside Belarus if they require it, according to a report

Mutiny case against Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin remains open

Prigozhin, once a close Putin ally whose Wagner Group has spearheaded much of the fighting in Ukraine, launched his rebellion on Friday after alleging that the Russian military had killed some of his men in an air strike

Is Putin’s grip on Russia weakening? What does Wagner Group's mutiny reveal?

Wagner mercenaries headed back to their base on Sunday after Russia's president Vladimir Putin agreed to allow their leader to avoid treason charges and accept exile in neighbouring Belarus. Analysts say that the revolt has exposed the Russian leader's rule as more fragile than previously thought

'Nonsense': Wagner chief denies report he offered to disclose Russian positions to Ukraine

Prigozhin called the allegations "nonsense", and suggested that unnamed residents of Moscow’s Rublyovka suburb, home to many of the business and political elite, were orchestrating an attack on him, according to a report

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin offered to reveal Russian troop locations to Ukraine

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin offered to reveal the position of Russian troops to the Ukranian government, according to a Washington Post report, citing leaked US intelligence documents

Russia ‘unable to defend’, army 'deceiving' Putin, claims Wagner chief

Ukraine war: Wagner chief accused a Russian military unit of having fled its positions near Bakhmut in east Ukraine, now the epicentre of fighting.

Wagner chief ‘hoists’ Russian flag in Bakhmut: Has the eastern Ukranian city fallen?

The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has claimed that he has raised a Russian flag over Bakhmut’s administrative building in eastern Ukraine and now has ‘legal control’ of the city. But Ukraine insists that its army holds the city