Yevgeny Prigozhin
UPDATED: Lukashenko says Putin wanted to ‘wipe out’ Prigozhin during mutiny attempt
By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW, June 28 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he persuaded Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Mutiny lays bare prospect for Putin of ‘forever war’ in Ukraine
By Tom Balmforth KYIV, June 26 (Reuters) - An abortive mutiny in Russia has shown the risks the Kremlin faces from a…
UPDATED: Russia’s Prigozhin remains under investigation for mutiny
MOSCOW, June 26 (Reuters) - Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin remains under investigation by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on suspicion of…
Who is Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin?
Wagner mercenary force chief Yevgeny Prigozhin will move to Belarus under a deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to end an…
Prigozhin says Wagner will not sign any contract with Russian defence minister
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters) - Russia's most powerful mercenary said on Sunday that his Wagner fighters would not sign…
Russian mercenary boss slams army ‘clowns’ as he marks birthday at training camp
MOSCOW, June 1 (Reuters) - Russia's most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said his Wagner group would fight on in Ukraine if his…
Mercenary Prigozhin says Kremlin blanking him on state media will provoke backlash
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, May 28 (Reuters) - Russia's most powerful mercenary said on Sunday he was convinced that senior Kremlin officials…
Mercenary Prigozhin warns Russia could face revolution unless elite gets serious about war
(This story contains language that readers may find offensive in paragraph 5) MOSCOW, May 24 (Reuters) –Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the…
Wagner founder Prigozhin says his forces will leave Bakhmut from May 25 to June 1
MOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - The founder of Russia's Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that Wagner forces will leave Bakhmut,…
Russian mercenary boss accuses regular army of leaving Bakhmut’s flanks exposed
MOSCOW, May 18 (Reuters) - Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, on Thursday accused regular Russian army units of…
UPDATED: Russian mercenary chief Prigozhin says his forces will leave Bakhmut next week
By Felix Light and Caleb Davis May 5 (Reuters) - Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Russia's Wagner Group mercenary force, said in a…
Ukraine counter-offensive under way, says Russian mercenary leader
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Russia's Wagner Group mercenary force, said on Wednesday that he believed a promised counter-offensive by…