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Wagner chief’s close aide Dmitry Utkin – also feared dead in Wednesday’s plane crash – remarks that ‘death is not the end, just the beginning of something else’ in same video

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Former president had lawyers negotiate booking to take place during prime viewing hours on Thursday to get maximum TV ratings. Plus, could the vagus nerve be the key to depression, obesity, alcoholism – and more?

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Air traffic at Moscow’s Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports halted for second day in row due to drone attack.

A private plane belonging to Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin crashed in Moscow's Tver region, killing all ten people on board, the Russian emergency services said Wednesday. Russia's aviation agency says Prigozhin was on board. Reports of the crash came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to end Russia’s occupation of…

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to have posted his first video address since leading a short-lived mutiny in late June. In the unverified footage published Monday, Prigozhin said the Wagner group was making Africa "freer", adding that it was also recruiting fighters.

Person who appears to be mercenary leader seen in desert area, saying his group is recruiting

Wagner boss appears to be in an African country, and claims his mercenary group is ‘making life a nightmare for Isis and al-Qaeda and other bandits’