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Russia drops charges against Wagner chief Prigozhin after his forces halt
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Kremlin spokesman Dmitri S Peskov said Prigozhin will go to Belarus, and the fighters who rebelled with him would not be prosecuted by law given their "service at the front."
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Wagner mercenary chief to move to Belarus under deal brokered by Lukashenk
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has decided to stop his march to Moscow after talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, reported Al Jazeera on Saturday.
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"President Putin is deeply mistaken, we are patriots": Wagner group head
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Regarding the betrayal of the motherland, the president is deeply mistaken," Yevgeny Prigozhin said.
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"Armed mutiny" by Wagner group is "stab in back of our country," says Russ
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Putin's statement comes after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the alleged head of the Wagner mercenary group, in a series of recordings released on social media on Saturday, announced that his troops had taken control of military facilities in two Russian cities.
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Russian Defence Ministry urges Wagner forces to return to "points of perma
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Russian Ministry of Defence noted that Russia has already provided such assistance to all the fighters and commanders who applied for it. It further said that it would "guarantee everyone's safety."
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Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to address nation soon, says sta
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has said that his forces have taken control of military facilities in Rostov-on-Don and of the airfield as well.
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Russia fears mutiny, accuses mercenary force 'Wagner group' of armed rebel
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In an astonishing escalation of infighting, Russia accused Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin of calling for an armed mutiny, reported ABC News.
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Russia partially relocates 18 settlements due to intensified shelling by U
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Residents of 18 settlements near the frontline in Zaporizhzhia Region, including Energodar, have been temporarily relocated to safer places due to intensified shelling by Ukrainian troops, acting governor of the region, Yevgeny Balitsky said, TASS state news agency reports.
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Russia's Wagner group claims Ukraine's Bakhmut captured, hoists flag
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Giving details about the incident, Prigozhin said, "April 2, 23:00 precisely. Behind me is the building of [Artyomovsk's] city administration. This Russian flag is for Vladlen Tatarsky, [the Russian military reporter killed in a blast in St. Petersburg on Sunday]," according to the TASS a
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US recognizes Russia's Wagner group as "transnational criminal organizatio
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a White House briefing, Kirby said that additional sanctions would be imposed against Yevgeny Prigozhin's military company, which will be announced next week.
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Russia replaces commander of Ukraine war after three months of job
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Sergei Surovikin on Wednesday was removed from his role as head of Russia's war in Ukraine only three months into the job, reported CNN.
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Russia's Wagner Group denies sending 'bloody packages' to Ukrainian embass
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
And Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Russian oligarch and head of the Wagner mercenary group, said he had nothing to do with the packages and also said that Wagner Group would "never engage in boorish stupid antics."
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