Mourners spoke of respect for Yevgeny Prigozhin Moscow: At memorials to Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in an unexplained plane crash exactly 40 days ago, dozens of mourners hailed the mutinous mercenary chief as a patriotic hero of Russia who had spoken truth to power. The private Embraer jet on which Prigozhin was travelling to […]
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash after he led a short mutiny in Russia (File) Moscow: The Kremlin on Friday denied a Russian investigation into a mysterious plane crash that killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been too slow, despite no update on what may have caused the crash in more than […]
evgeny Prigozhin was believed to have been buried at the Porokhovskoye cemetery Moscow: Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash two months after staging a short-lived mutiny, was on Tuesday laid to rest in a secret ceremony in his native Saint Petersburg. He was believed to have been buried at […]
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane that crashed on Wednesday (File) Minsk: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that he had warned Russian mercenary chiefs Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin to watch out for possible threats to their lives, and he insisted that Wagner fighters would remain in Belarus. Russian President […]
London: The presumed death of mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a fiery plane crash leaves Russian President Vladimir Putin stronger in the short term, removing a powerful figure who had defied his authority and threatened to make him look weak. But it would also deprive him of a forceful and astute player who had proved […]
Wagner Chief, was once Putin’s longtime ally, reportedly killed in plane crash in Russia. Washington: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he was “not surprised” at news that Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, may have died in a plane crash in Russia. “I don’t know for a fact what happened, but […]
Wagner Chief led a mutiny against Russia’s army in June. (File) Moscow: Russian state-run news agencies on Wednesday said that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner group that led a mutiny against Russia’s army in June, was on the list of passengers of a plane that crashed. “The plane that crashed in the Tver […]
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin flew to Belarus from Russia today. (File) Moscow: Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin flew to Belarus from Russia on Tuesday after a mutiny that has dealt the biggest blow to President Vladimir Putin’s authority since he came to power more than 23 years ago. Vladimir Putin initially vowed to crush […]
Russia has declared an “anti-terrorist operation regime” in Moscow. New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin today acknowledged a “difficult” situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don as Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust the Russian military’s top brass. Here are 5 big quotes from […]
Yevgeny Prigozhin who has known Russian President Vladimir Putin since the 1990s. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russia’s private mercenary group Wagner, has vowed to take all necessary steps to topple Russia’s military leadership, hours after the Kremlin accused him of “armed rebellion”. Here are 5 facts on Yevgeny Prigozhin: Born in 1961 in Russia, […]