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Mercenary chief aims to topple Russia's military leaders in rebellion

Troops from the Wagner group have crossed into Russia from Ukraine and pledged to 'destroy anyone who stands in our way'

Wales Online · Jun 24, 2023

Wagner chief says Vladimir Putin is being fed lies about Russian battlefield losses

Yevgeny Prigozhin says ‘total trash is being put on the president’s desk’

Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2023

Infighting among Putin’s lieutenants reveals signs of ‘deep dysfunction’

After spending more than two decades building a rigidly controlled political system, Vladimir Putin is watching increasingly raucous infighting that has emerged among top members of his entourage

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023

Prigozhin says Kremlin factions are destroying the Russian state

Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday that Kremlin factions were destroying the state by trying to sow discord between him and Chechen fighters.

Reuters · Jun 3, 2023

Russian mercenary boss slams army 'clowns' as he marks birthday at training camp

Russia's most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said his Wagner group would fight on in Ukraine if his men got a separate section of the front without having to depend on "clowns" who ran swathes of the Russian armed forces.

Reuters · Jun 1, 2023

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin calls for investigation into 'crimes' of top Russian defence officials

Russia's most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, asks prosecutors to investigate whether senior Russian defence officials committed any "crime" before or during the war in Ukraine.

ABC News · May 31, 2023

Jester or rebel? Mercenary Prigozhin lays bare the strains of Putin's war

Yevgeny Prigozhin on Saturday delivered Vladimir Putin one of the few battlefield victories of the president's 15-month war in Ukraine.

Reuters · May 23, 2023

Putin under pressure: the military melodrama between the Wagner group and Russia’s armed forces

As Russia’s disastrous war in Ukraine continues, another rant by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic chief of the paramilitary Wagner group, has laid bare the power struggle at the top of Russia’s military leadership.

The Conversation · May 16, 2023

David Pratt: It could be about to get a whole lot worse for Putin

IT was way back in 1987 that German teenager Mathias Rust landed a small Cessna plane near Red Square in the heart of Moscow...

The National (Scotland) · May 7, 2023

Russia's Wagner threatens to leave Bakhmut, Ukraine says mercenaries reinforcing

Russia's main mercenary group announced plans on Friday to withdraw from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, but Ukraine said the fighters were reinforcing positions to try to seize it before Russia marks World War Two Victory Day next week.

Reuters · May 5, 2023