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WASHINGTON — To some Ukrainian forces, soldiers from the Wagner Group were the best-equipped fighters they had seen since Russia invaded last year. To others, it was their training that distinguished them: Ukrainian soldiers recalled battlefield stories of aggressive tactics or a sniper downing a drone with a single shot. But after the short-lived mutiny led by the head of the group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, it is not clear whether Wagner will still be a fighting force on the battlefield with i...

Mikhail Mishustin says Russia has faced ‘a challenge to its stability’ after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny

Russia had a roller-coaster weekend amid a mutiny push, which could prove significant in the conflict with Ukraine.

The Wagner mercenary group's mutiny has weakened President Vladimir Putin and could affect the course of the war in Ukraine, analysts say.

Russian mercenary group Wagner has been seen for years as an armed extension of Moscow's influence in Syria and Africa but these overseas operations have now been called into question by its leader's failed revolt against the Kremlin."Unless there's cooperation with the (Russian) defence ministry, I don't see how the group can continue to operate there," said Pauline Bax, deputy director of the Africa programme at the International Crisis Group.

“When you strike at a king, you must kill him,” Ralph Waldo Emerson warned. But what if the “king” being struck at in Russia’s weird weekend mutiny wasn’t actually...

A Rostov native recalls Saturday’s spectacle as Moscow decides what to do with mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Russian mercenary group Wagner has been seen for years as an armed extension of Moscows influence in Syria and Africa but these overseas operations have now been called into question by its leaders failed revolt against the Kremlin

Military blogger Michael Nacke suggested that Prigozhin planned to set up base with some of his Wagner forces in Belarus.

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