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A member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking nonenglish] Yevgeny Prigozhin had reason to be angry. He had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putins war in ukraine. His men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians Armchair Generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking nonenglish] there was a mutiny against Vladimir Putins armed forces. It is more like a fight between gangs, which is ...

a member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking non-english] yevgeny prigozhin had reason to be angry. he had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putins war in ukraine. his men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians armchair generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking non-english] >> there was a mutiny against vladimir putins armed forces. >> it is more like a fight betwee...

‘Many people in the country seem happy to accept mercenaries in exchange for stability.’ James Pogue on the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic.

The Russian mercenary group gets mines in return for propping up autocratic leaders.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, flamboyant Russian warlord and head of the Wagner Group, was killed in his private plane on August 23, along with Wagner’s second-in-command, Colonel Dmitry Utkin, the chief of combat operations. The puzzle of how Prigozhin met his end—reports suggest an air-defense missile, a bomb, or even a problem with his plane’s mechanics—is less important than the path Wagner and Russia will take in the aftermath of his death.

The recent military coup in Niger Republic is a threat to Nigerian democracy. The political landscape in the Sahel started changing...

Billion dollars a year from this country in gold, blood diamonds, and timber. after wagners takeover, it became the most developed mine in the country. our investigation reveals the amount of gold at the site could be worth up to three billion dollars. after our initial reporting, the united states put sanctions on the company in charge of the mine called midas resources. the treasury department said the midas is connected to prigozhin, and helped finance the operations. gold is almost impossibl...

Contributor/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group, and Russias top military brass escalated as Prigozhins forces left the front line in Ukraine and marched across the border to seize a key Russian city. They then marched north toward Russias capital, seemingly...

Contributor/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group, and Russias top military brass escalated as Prigozhins forces left the front line in Ukraine and marched across the border to seize a key Russian city. They then marched north toward Russias capital, seemingly...

Contributor/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group, and Russias top military brass escalated as Prigozhins forces left the front line in Ukraine and marched across the border to seize a key Russian city. They then marched north toward Russias capital, seemingly...