Another 10 were hospitalised during a hurricane in Russia (representational) Moscow: Eight people died and another 10 were hospitalised in Russia when trees crashed into a campsite during a severe storm described as a “hurricane”, authorities said on Sunday. “According to the latest information, eight people died in Mari El due to the hurricane that […]
FSB also found cash worth 600 million roubles in the Wagner chief’s properties. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s posh house and offices were raided by Russian security forces on Wednesday. According to The Independent, the FSB (Federal Security Service) said that it found guns, ammunition, a collection of bars of gold, a wardrobe full of wigs, […]
Wagner has helped abusive regimes maintain power in Africa. It is easy to understand what African rulers see in the mercenary group Wagner. Its fighters can be deployed quickly. It brings sophisticated arms with it and can apply force speedily and ruthlessly. Alternative sources of military muscle have flaws: United Nations missions lack robust mandates; […]
Yevgeny Prigozhin called off his troops’ advance toward Moscow on Saturday. Moscow: Militia leader Yevgeny Prigozhin who turned his Wagner force against the military leadership in Moscow, will leave for Belarus and a criminal case against him will be dropped, the Kremlin said Saturday. “Avoiding bloodshed, internal confrontation, and clashes with unpredictable results was the […]
Paris: After the rebellion launched by the Russian mercenary group Wagner against Moscow, AFP looks back at the previous biggest threats survived by the Kremlin since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Failed coup of 1991 In August 1991, four months before the collapse of the Soviet union, president Mikhail Gorbachev survived a […]
Wagner mercenary group moved towards Moscow Countries around the world were on Saturday closely watching events unfolding in Russia, where a mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group posed the most serious challenge yet to President Vladimir Putin’s long rule. Here are the top points in this big story: Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Saturday warned […]
