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Following the mutiny, and their relocation to Belarus, there has been uncertainty over what the Wagner group would do next and where.
Can Wagner survive in Africa without its leader Evguéni Prigojine and after the recent mutiny of his men in Russia? If the future of the Russian paramilitary company is up in the air, its demise seems inconceivable.
Prigozhin was the most strident voice for those inside Russia criticising failures in the invasion and the strategies used by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and army chief Valery Gerasimov. Many soldiers do not know why they are fighting and dying in Ukraine and "Prigozhin came to speak for these men," researchers Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage wrote on the Foreign Affairs website, saying the remarkable episode highlighted the army's troubled state.
Kyrylo Budanov, head of intelligence at the Ukrainian defence ministry, has claimed the FSB internal security service has received orders to assassinate Prigozhin.
PARIS, July 7, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged from last month's Wagner mutiny looking weakened, despite defusing