Tag: Wagner Rebellion in Russia

Wagner Mercenary Chief to Move to Belarus, Not Face Prosecution for Rebel March: Kremlin

June 24, 2023
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, will move to neighboring Belarus as part of a deal to end what appeared to be an armed coup led by Prigozhin against Russia’s military leadership, according to the Kremlin. Prigozhin, who has been a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin for some 20 years,…

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Explainer: What Is the Wagner Paramilitary Group?

June 24, 2023
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Amid recent commotion around a possible coup in Russia by the Wagner private military organization, attention has turned to the shadowy group and its leader, a longtime affiliate of Russian President Vladimir Putin. After appearing to have launched an armed rebellion to force a change at the helm of Russia’s military, the group’s leader Yevgeny…

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Rebel Wagner Mercenaries Agree to Halt Advance on Moscow

June 24, 2023
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The Belarus President’s Office has said that Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has agreed to stop the group’s lightning-fast advance toward Moscow and to deescalate the situation, with Prigozhin confirming the news in a social media post. Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has reportedly held…

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