Russian general remains in coma after Moscow shooting
Vladimir Alexeyev provided Vladimir Putin with intelligence for full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022
Yevgeny Prigozhin
Is Russia’s war-driven economy approaching its 1989 moment?
With the Ukraine war, Putin might have backed himself into an economic cul-de-sac
Unfinished Empire: Russian Imperialism in Ukraine and the Near Abroad by Donnacha Ó Beacháin; and Putin’s Sledgehammer by Candace Rondeaux
Ó Beacháin’s book has merits but at times reads more like a polemic than balanced research; Rondeaux’s more nuanced work is a welcome addition to the growing library on Putin’s Russia
Russian mercenaries more active in Africa since death of Wagner group leader
The last three months of 2023 in Africa were a particularly violent time for the Wagner fighters, says US-based conflict-monitoring group
The convicts sustaining Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
They were offered freedom, but warned that the price could be death. Many took the chance
Hand grenade explosion caused plane crash that killed Wagner boss, claims Putin
Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash two months after aborted mutiny against Russian military
After Prigozhin’s death, a high-stakes scramble for his empire
Some in the Wagner group bridle at being subsumed within Russia’s defence ministry, backing instead a transfer of power to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s son
Yevgeny Prigozhin obituary: From ‘Putin’s chef’ to thorn in his side
The multimillionaire militia commander sparked the biggest crisis in the Russian president’s two decades in power
Ukrainian drone strikes target six Russian regions and hits military planes
Kremlin rejects international inquiry into plane crash that killed senior Wagner members and mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin
‘Closed’ funeral for Wagner mercenary boss Prigozhin after unexplained plane crash
Ukraine accuses Pope Francis of echoing Kremlin’s ‘imperialist propaganda’
Rule No 1 in Putin’s Russia: defy him at your peril
Yevgeny Prigozhin is the latest in a long line of those who have paid a heavy price for standing up to the president
Wagner’s lucrative African operations thrown into post-Prigozhin limbo
Founder’s mysterious demise casts fresh doubt over Russia’s ability to maintain mercenary deployments on the continent
Biden: US trying to ascertain how Prigozhin’s plane was downed
US president expressed lack of surprise Wagner chief killed in a plane crash
Putin describes Prigozhin as ‘talented businessman’ who ‘made some serious mistakes in life’
US report concludes that the Wagner leader’s jet was downed by onboard bomb
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