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The Kremlin on Friday denied involvement in the plane crash believed to have killed Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, waving off rumors the mercenary chief was assassinated over his failed coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Now, naturally, there are many speculations over this plane crash and the tragic death of the passengers, including Yevgeny Prigozhin,” Kremlin

The possible death of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on Wednesday is expected to have widespread repercussions, including possibly setting back Russian President Vladimir Putin's relations in Africa, where Wagner has engaged in numerous business dealings. As of Thursday morning, Prigozhin's death had not been officially confirmed by the Kremlin or the Wagner Group, but he was listed as

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the foul-mouthed Russian mercenary boss and former hot dog vendor, was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday after bringing the country to the brink of civil war with an armed uprising, Western intelligence sources confirmed to The New York Times. The ex-con turned Kremlin caterer turned warlord, who was tasked with bringing Vladimir Putin victory in Ukraine, died after his

“This is about countering the so-called rules-based international order, which has undermined its own rules by sanctioning many countries, like Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, and lots of others,” says Sergei Markov, a former Kremlin adviser. “Some of those rules might be reasonable, but then they [the West] go and violate their own rules when it suits them. Russia is a country that’s too big to