Tag: Prigozhins
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Wagner boss Prigozhin’s death confirmed by Moscow
[ad_1] Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was formally confirmed dead on Sunday following genetic analysis, investigators said, as anger and questions continued to mount over what caused his plane to crash earlier in the week. Speculation that the Kremlin may have been involved in the crash has been rife, with the incident coming exactly two…
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Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance after Prigozhin’s reported death
[ad_1] Key PointsVladimir Putin ordered fighters of Wagner group to sign an oath of allegiance to Russia.The mercenary group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead after a plane crash.The move indicates Putin’s wish to bring such groups under tighter state control. President Vladimir Putin has ordered Wagner fighters to sign an oath of allegiance to…
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Kremlin says it didn’t order Prigozhin’s killing, and won’t confirm his death
[ad_1] The Kremlin said on Friday that Western suggestions that Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin had been killed on its orders were an “absolute lie” and declined to definitively confirm his death, citing the need to wait for test results. President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sent his condolences to Prigozhin’s family, breaking his silence after…
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A Plane Crash and Prigozhin’s Lin Biao Moment – The Diplomat
[ad_1] Advertisement Öndörkhaan is a sleepy town in Mongolia of around 20,000 people on the windswept plains of the Asian steppe that derives its livelihood mostly from coal mining. At first glance, it seems like an unlikely stage for a drama-filled episode of international intrigue. Yet in 1971, Öndörkhaan, recently renamed Chinggis City in honor…
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Could Prigozhin’s loyalty to family be the reason behind his halted mutiny? Expert explains.
[ad_1] The Belarusian defence ministry has released footage which they say shows Wagner forces in the country and training Belarusian soldiers. Where they are not – is in Ukraine: the Pentagon says the mercenary group is no longer engaged there in any significant way. As to the whereabouts of their chief Yevgeny Prigozhin – a…
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Putin’s police raid Wagner chief Prigozhin’s palace and find WIGs with severed head photos in closet
[ad_1] Vladimir Putin has humiliated Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin after his failed uprising in Russia by sending security services to raid his St Petersburg palace. Pro-Kremlin newspaper Izvestia yesterday published photos and video of armed officers searching Prigozhin’s mansion while he was exiled in Belarus on June 24. The investigators discovered huge caches of assault…
