Days after an aborted rebellion in Russia by a mercenary group presented a dramatic challenge to his leadership, President Vladimir V. Putin made highly choreographed
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NATO Stresses Risk of Wagner Group’s Potential Relocation to Belarus
Ahead of an annual NATO summit scheduled for next month, the leaders of alliance members Estonia and Poland on Wednesday stressed the need for vigilance
What Will Happen to Prigozhin and His Wagner Fighters? Here’s What We Know.
Just three days ago, the Wagner mercenary group was advancing on Moscow, and Vladimir V. Putin’s two-decade rule over Russia appeared under threat. Then, in
Russia Drops Criminal Charges Against Prigozhin After Wagner Rebellion
The Russian domestic intelligence agency said on Tuesday that it was dropping “armed mutiny” criminal charges against Yevgeny V. Prigozhin and members of his Wagner
Putin Says Russia Is United Behind Him, After Ending Wagner Rebellion
A visibly angry Vladimir V. Putin on Monday denounced as “blackmail” a weekend rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group even as he defended his response
Wagner Revolt Raises Searing Question: Could Putin Lose Power?
President Vladimir V. Putin long styled himself as Russia’s guarantor of stability and the uncompromising protector of its statehood. This weekend, Russian stability was nowhere
A Wagner Fighter’s Escape to Norway Creates a Problem for His Host
Sipping a $12 beer in one of the world’s wealthiest capitals, Andrei Medvedev reflected on the question hanging over him since he left the battlefields
Russia’s Wagner Mercenaries Say They’ll Pull Out of Bakhmut
Days after declaring victory in Bakhmut, the Wagner private military company said Thursday that it was turning the Ukrainian city over to the Russian Army,
Wagner Fighters Left as Convicts. Will Russia Bury Them as Heroes?
When the corpse of a Wagner mercenary fighter arrived in his small Russian village in late February after he was killed fighting in Ukraine, some
Russia’s Wagner Fighters Claim Village Near Bakhmut
Russian forces edged closer to Bakhmut on Sunday, claiming to capture a village on the outskirts of the strategic city in eastern Ukraine as they