Yevgeny V. Prigozhin has used his leadership of the Wagner mercenary force and social media to turn brutality into a personal brand.
Tag: Mercenaries and Private Military Contractors
Wagner Group Chief Threatens to Pull Out of Bakhmut
Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the Wagner group’s founder, named top Russian defense officials as responsible for the deaths of his fighters in the embattled eastern Ukrainian city.
Putin’s Spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, Claims Son Fought in Ukraine
Dmitri S. Peskov’s comments highlighted the Moscow elite’s uneven participation in a war that has cost the lives of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers.
Russia’s Wagner Group Has Offered Weapons to R.S.F., U.S. Says
Wagner has offered powerful weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, to R.S.F. paramilitaries, American officials said.
‘A Quick Death or a Slow Death’: Prisoners Choose War to Get Lifesaving Drugs
An estimated 20 percent of Russia prisoner recruits are H.I.V. positive. To some, the front lines seemed less risky than prisons where they said they were denied effective treatments.
Hospitals and Aid Groups Become Targets as Sudan Fighting Intensifies
Civilians are caught in the cross-fire, and two rival generals vying for power made it clear their forces had no intention of standing down.
What We Know About the Bomb Attack on a Russian Pro-War Blogger
The killing of Vladlen Tatarsky came at a volatile moment in Russia, and could herald a further crackdown on dissent. Here’s how the case has developed so far.
Russia Accuses Dissidents and Ukraine of Killing Pro-War Blogger
The authorities detained a woman they said had delivered the bomb, hidden in a statuette, that killed the blogger, and called it the work of antigovernment activists and Ukraine.
Supreme Court Considers a Mercenary’s Confession and the Confrontation Clause
In the case of a murder in the Philippines, the justices weighed whether relaying a confession that implicated another crossed a constitutional line.
Wagner Fighters Left as Convicts. Will Russia Bury Them as Heroes?
As thousands of ex-prisoners fight and die in Ukraine, honoring their memory is becoming a patriotic imperative in Russia. But some committed crimes their old neighbors cannot forget.