Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin reacted sarcastically on Friday (Jan 27) to new United States sanctions against his Wagner private military group, and the Kremlin said Washington had been sm
After years spent operating in the shadows and denying his links to Wagner, Prigozhin acknowledged last September he had founded the organisation, which has also dispatched soldiers to fight in Syria and in conflicts across Africa.
In recent months he has emerged as one of the key Russian figures in the war in Ukraine, clashing publicly with the defence ministry and army generals over Russia's faltering campaign strategy. A former petty criminal turned confidant of President Vladimir Putin, Prigozhin has been recruiting convicts from Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine, promising them amnesty in exchange for a six-month stint at the frontline. Many have died in the war.
British defence chiefs said last week that up to 50,000 Russians could be fighting for Wagner in Ukraine alongside Russia's official armed forces.In Mali and the Central African Republic, rights groups and witnesses say Wagner fighters were responsible for atrocities including rape, mass executions, torture, child abduction and physical abuse.
An ex-Wagner commander previously fighting in Ukraine who fled to Norway said earlier this month he saw Wagner soldiers being shot in the back as they tried to flee.
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Ex-Wagner commander saw comrades shot for fleeing war in Ukraine, says lawyerAndrei Medvedev fears for his life after fleeing Russia. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Ex-Wagner commander saw comrades shot for fleeing war in Ukraine, says lawyerOSLO — A former commander of Russia's Wagner mercenary group who fled to Norway has spoken about how he witnessed some of his comrades being shot as they were trying to flee from the front line in Ukraine, his Norwegian lawyer told Reuters. Andrei Medvedev, who fled from Russia by crossing the Russian-Norwegian border on Jan 13, has said he...
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US targets Chinese firm for helping Russian group in UkraineIt allegedly provided satellite imagery to help Russia’s Wagner mercenary group. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Britain sounds alarm on Russia-based hacking groupLONDON : A Russia-based hacking group named Cold River is behind an expansive and ongoing information-gathering campaign that has struck various targets in government, politics, academia, defence, journalism, and activism, Britain said on Thursday. In an advisory, the National Cyber Security Centre (NC
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Britain sounds alarm on Russia-based hacking groupLONDON: A Russia-based hacking group named Cold River is behind an expansive and ongoing information-gathering campaign that has struck various targets in government, politics, academia, defence, journalism, and activism, Britain said on Thursday (Jan 26). In an advisory, the National Cyber Security Centre
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