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Russian President Putin and Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera meet in Moscow

World Aug 06

Russia asks Central African Republic to replace Wagner with Moscow’s Africa Corps

By Jean Fernand Koena, Mark Banchereau, Associated Press

World May 26

Sledgehammer
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‘Putin’s Sledgehammer’ reveals how the Wagner Group became so powerful it threatened him

A new book delves deep into the rise and fall of the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group and its close ties to Vladimir Putin. Nick Schifrin sat down with Candace Rondeaux, author of "Putin's Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia’s Collapse…

By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi

World Sep 29

Putin meets former Wagner commander Troshev at the Kremlin
Putin orders former Wagner commander to take charge of ‘volunteer units’ in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered one of the top commanders of the Wagner military contractor to take charge of “volunteer units” fighting in Ukraine. The order signals the Kremlin’s effort to keep using the mercenaries after the death of…

By Associated Press

World Aug 30

A view shows the grave of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in St Petersburg
Kremlin says ‘deliberate wrongdoing’ is a possible cause of the plane crash that killed Prigozhin

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that "different versions" of what happened exist and "are being considered" by Russian investigators, including, "let's put this way, deliberate wrongdoing."…

By Associated Press

World Aug 29

Makeshift memorial in Moscow for Wagner's Prigozhin believed killed in plane crash
Private memorial service has been held for Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin

The committee didn’t say what might have caused Prigozhin’s business jet to plummet from the sky minutes after taking off from Moscow for St. Petersburg.

By Associated Press

Aug 27

Russia officially confirms Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died in plane crash

By Associated Press

Russian authorities on Sunday confirmed the death of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, putting to rest any doubts about whether the wily mercenary leader turned mutineer was on a plane that crashed Wednesday, killing everyone on board.

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Aug 24

WATCH: U.S. intelligence is investigating what brought down Wagner chief Prigozhin’s plane

By Emma Burrows, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Pentagon spokesman Gen. Pat Ryder said press reports that a surface-to-air missile took down the plane were inaccurate. He declined to say whether the U.S. suspected a bomb.

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Aug 23

Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard plane that crashed, Russian agency says

By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press

Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency.

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Aug 10

Poland plans to deploy 10,000 troops to its border with Belarus amid tensions

By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press

For two years, Poland has contended with migrants arriving at the border from Belarus and trying to enter the country illegally. Anxieties were further heightened last week when two Belarusian military helicopters briefly entered Polish air space.

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Aug 07

Belarus begins military drills near its border with Poland, Lithuania as tensions rise

By Associated Press

Both Poland and Lithuania have increased border security since thousands of Wagner fighters arrived in Belarus under a deal that ended their armed rebellion in late June and allowed them and their leader to avoid criminal charges.

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