Wagner Group

Chechen leader Kadyrov says ex-Wagner fighters are training with his forces

A large group of Russia's former Wagner mercenaries has started training with special forces from the southern Russian region of Chechnya, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said. Wagner played a prominent…

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Several hundred Wagner fighters return to Ukraine

KYIV (Reuters) - Several hundred members of Russia's Wagner private mercenary group have returned to eastern Ukraine to fight but are not having a significant impact on the battlefield, a…

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UK to declare Russia’s Wagner a terrorist organisation

LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The Russian mercenary Wagner Group is set to be proscribed as a terrorist organization by the British government, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. A…

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What happens to the Wagner Group after Yevgeny Prigozhin fatal plane crash?

Reuters) - A day before mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane crash, a Russian official visited Libya to reassure allies that fighters from the Wagner Group would remain in the country…

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Mercenary chief Prigozhin and others listed as passengers on crashed plane

(Reuters) - Investigators are picking through the wreckage of a jet said to have been carrying Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin that crashed with no survivors, two months after he…

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Russia’s Prigozhin says Wagner is not recruiting now, may do so in future

July 31 (Reuters) - Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a voice message published on Monday that his Wagner group was not currently recruiting fighters but was likely to…

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More Wagner fighters move closer to Polish border

WARSAW (Reuters) - A group of a hundred soldiers from the Russian Wagner group have moved closer to the Belarusian city of Grodno near the Polish border, Polish Prime Minister…

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Wagner ready to increase Africa presence, Prigozhin tells local media

(Reuters) - Russia's Wagner mercenary group is ready to increase its presence in Africa, its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin told an African news outlet in an audio interview published online earlier…

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Andrei Troshev: who is Wagner mercenary Putin wants to replace Prigozhin?

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, July 14 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had proposed to Wagner Group fighters that a senior mercenary known as "Sedoi", which means "grey…

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Kremlin dismisses Ukraine’s assertion on Wagner seeking nuclear devices

MOSCOW, July 12 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed as misinformation an assertion by Ukrainian military intelligence that members of Russia's Wagner mercenary group had intended to acquire nuclear…

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UPDATED: Russian defence minister says Ukraine operation unaffected by mutiny

July 3 (Reuters) - A brief mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group last month did not affect Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on…

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Why Ukraine has been unable to capitalize on the Wagner Group rebellion

After months of speculation about when it would begin and what its aims would be, Ukraine’s much anticipated counteroffensive started in early June. It took Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy some…

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What does the Wagner Group do? Operations in Africa and the rest of the world explained

(Reuters) - The abortive mutiny by Russia's Wagner group last week calls into question the fate of the group's wide network of military and commercial operations across Europe, the Middle…

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Wagner merch soars in price after abortive mutiny

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Online prices for merchandise bearing the insignia of Russia's Wagner group - a human skull against a black and red backdrop - have shot up since its…

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UPDATED: Kremlin refers questions about General Surovikin’s fate to the defence ministry

MOSCOW, June 29 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday declined to answer questions about Russian General Sergei Surovikin, whose status and location have not been made public since an abortive…

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East Europe NATO allies say Wagner troops in Belarus spell trouble

By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Eastern European NATO countries warned that a move of Wagner's Russian mercenary troops to Belarus would create greater regional instability, but NATO Secretary…

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US targets Wagner Group in curbs on gold firms suspected of funding mercenary force

By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - The United States took aim at Russia's Wagner Group and imposed sanctions on companies it accused of engaging in…

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Russia mercenary threat revives concern over nuclear arsenal security

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Wagner mercenary group's march on Moscow has revived an old fear in Washington: what happens to Russia's nuclear stockpile in the event of…

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Rebel Wagner mercenaries return to base under deal ending advance on Moscow

Prigozhin says his men will return to base Kremlin says mercenary leader will move to Belarus Wagner fighters leave Rostov, regional governor says Belarus says brokered deal in return for…

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Prigozhin to move to Belarus as rebel Russian mercenaries halt advance on Moscow

Prigozhin says his men will return to baseKremlin says mercenary leader will move to Belarus Wagner fighters leave Rostov, regional governor says Belarus says brokered deal in return for rebels'…

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How mercenary revolt has gathered pace in Russia

June 24 (Reuters) - Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters barrelled towards Moscow on Saturday after seizing a southern city overnight, with Russia's military firing on them from the air but seemingly incapable of…

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Prigozhin says Wagner will not sign any contract with Russian defence minister

Prigozhin says Shoigu's order does not apply to Wagner Prigozhin: Shoigu can't manage military formations Shoigu had ordered volunteer detachments to sign contracts By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters)…

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UK ‘to classify Wagner Group a terrorist organisation’

The UK is reportedly set to formally classify Russian mercenary force Wagner Group as a terrorist organisation. The move, reported by The Times newspaper, would impose financial sanctions and other…

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Russia pardons 5,000 former criminals after fighting in Ukraine, Prigozhin says

MOSCOW, March 25 (Reuters) - More than 5,000 former criminals have been pardoned after finishing their contracts to fight in Russia's Wagner mercenary group against Ukraine, the founder of Wagner,…

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Russian mercenary chief sets out ambitions for an ‘army with an ideology’

Adds context MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary force said in an interview published over the weekend that he had ambitions to turn his private military company…

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Wagner representative barred from Russian army HQ in Ukraine

Mercenary leader says official was shut out on Monday morning Unusual video shows Prigozhin raising possibility of defeat Wagner chief has been demanding more ammunition for weeks March 6 (Reuters)…

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Mercenary leader Prigozhin says Russia faces resistance in taking Bakhmut

(Reuters) - The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said in a rare interview made public on Friday that Russian forces must capture the strategic city of Bakhmut to proceed…

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US seeks to expel Russian mercenaries from Sudan, Libya

The United States has stepped up pressure on Middle East allies to expel the Wagner Group, a military contractor owned by an oligarch with close ties to Russia’s president, from…

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Former Wagner commander faces deportation from Norway – Russian rights group

OSLO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - A former commander of Russia's Wagner mercenary group who recently fled to Norway has been apprehended by police, an official said on Monday, and a…

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Wagner chief Prigozhin attacks Putin administration over failure to block YouTube

Jan 18 (Reuters) - The increasingly prominent head of the Russian private military group Wagner on Wednesday took aim at the Kremlin administration for failing to block the U.S.-owned video…

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Former Wagner commander seeks asylum in Norway after fleeing Russia

A former commander of Russia's Wagner mercenary group who fought in Ukraine said he has fled to Norway and is seeking asylum in fear for his life after witnessing the killing and mistreatment…

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Russian prisoners told they can go free if they do six months’ service in Ukraine

A leaked video appears to show a close ally of President Vladimir Putin offering pardons to Russian prisoners if they fight in Ukraine - but warning they will be shot…

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Malian, foreign soldiers allegedly killed hundreds in town siege

Malian troops and suspected Russian fighters allegedly executed around 300 civilian men over five days during a military operation in a central Mali town, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in…

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Russian mercenaries in Ukraine linked to far-right extremists

Russian mercenaries fighting in Ukraine, including the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group, have been linked to far-right extremism including an organisation designated by the US as terrorist, analysis reveals. Although Vladimir Putin…

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France says 300 mercenaries have left eastern Libya

Some 300 foreign mercenaries have left eastern Libya, France's foreign ministry revealed this week, hailing the start of a phased withdrawal of thousands of foreign forces that have fought on…

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EU hits Russian mercenary group Wagner with sanctions

The European Union imposed sanctions on Russian private military contractor Wagner Group this week as well as on eight individuals and three other energy companies in Syria, accusing the group…

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Russia shrugs off French concerns on possible mercenary deal with Mali

MOSCOW, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday dismissed French concerns about a potential deal between Mali and a Russian private military contractor and said it planned to continue supplying…

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France criticises deal bringing Russian mercenaries into Mali

France's foreign minister on Tuesday criticised plans that would bring Russian mercenaries into Mali, saying such a move was "incompatible" with the French military presence in its former colony. Diplomatic…

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US says Russian troops are destabilizing Libya

Russia has deployed military forces to Libya that are "de-stabilizing" the North African country, a top State Department official warned. David Schenker, the State Department's assistant secretary for near eastern…

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