Old video sparks wild theories on fate of Russia’s Prigozhin
(Reuters) – A 40-second clip of an old interview in which Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said he would rather be killed than lie to his country, and talked about a plane…
Reactions to Wagner’s Prigozhin believed killed in plane crash
(Reuters) – Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a private jet that crashed on Wednesday north of Moscow with no survivors, Russian authorities said. Reuters could not…
Russia’s Prigozhin says Wagner is not recruiting now, may do so in future
(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 do so in future.…
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 this week.…
Prigozhin says Wagner will not sign any contract with Russian defence minister
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s most powerful mercenary said on Sunday that his Wagner fighters would not sign any contract with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, publicly refusing an attempt by the…
Russian forces tried to blow up my men, says mercenary boss Prigozhin
(Reuters) – Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has been arguing with top military brass for months, on Friday escalated the feud by accusing pro-Moscow forces of trying to blow up his…
Prigozhin asks prosecutors to probe ‘crime’ by top Russian defence officials
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Wednesday that he had asked prosecutors to investigate whether senior Russian defence officials had committed any “crime” before…
Russia’s Prigozhin says Bakhmut will not fall in next two days
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Friday that the city of Bakhmut was unlikely to fall to his mercenary forces in the next two days as fighting raged around…
Surrounded by corpses, Wagner’s Prigozhin blasts Russian defence minister in expletive-laden video
(Reuters) – Standing in a field of corpses, Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin on Friday published an expletive-ridden video personally blaming top defence chiefs for losses suffered by his Wagner Group fighters…
Russia’s Prigozhin says no sign Ukraine quitting Bakhmut, more support needed
(Reuters) – The head of Russia’s private Wagner militia said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces were not abandoning the city of Bakhmut but that, even if they did, he would need more…
Russia’s Prigozhin, Ukraine give varying accounts on fighting near Bakhmut
(Reuters) -Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said forces of his Wagner group had captured the village of Yahidne, just north of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine on Saturday. But Ukrainian military reports issued…
Russia’s Prigozhin admits links to what U.S. says was election-meddling troll farm
(Reuters) – Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, said on Tuesday that he founded and financed and the Internet Research Agency, a company Washington says is a “troll farm”…
Wagner boss Prigozhin says Russia could take two years to capture east Ukraine regions
(Language that readers may find offensive in paragraph 13) By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has said in a rare interview that it could take…
Prigozhin, Kremlin dismiss U.S. sanctions on Russia’s Wagner group
(Reuters) – Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin reacted sarcastically on Friday to new U.S. sanctions against his Wagner private military group, and the Kremlin said Washington had been smearing Wagner without reason for…
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