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News Articles: Wagner Group

This undated photograph released in April 2022 by France's military shows Russian mercenaries boarding a helicopter in northern Mali.]

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Rights group accuses Russian mercenaries of abuses against civilians in Mali

Malian armed forces, the Russia-backed Wagner Group and jihadi groups deliberately killed civilians and burned homes in Mali according to Human Rights Watch.

December 12, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A new report focuses on Wagner's operations in Sudan, Mali and the Central African Republic.

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  • World

How 'blood gold' from Africa is funding Russia's war on Ukraine

According to a new report, the Wagner Group has laundered some $2.5 billion to Russia since its full scale invasion of Ukraine last year, in an effort to support the war effort.

December 27, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Detrow,
  • Emma Klein,
  • and 1 more
In this image taken from video, smoke rises from the crash of a private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver region of Russia, on Aug. 23. Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, and his top lieutenants were among the 10 people killed in the crash northwest of the Russian capital.

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  • World

Grenade fragments were found in bodies in Prigozhin's plane crash, Putin claims

Russian President Vladimir Putin says hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of people who died in the Aug. 23 crash of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane.

October 05, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A portrait of the late owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin sits at an informal memorial next to the former the group's headquarters in St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 24.

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: Wagner chief Prigozhin died as Russia's war turned 18 months

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

August 28, 2023
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By:
  • NPR Staff
A portrait of Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen among flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Wagner Group headquarters in St. Petersburg, Friday. Prigozhin and other members of the mercenary company are believed to have died in a plane crash in Russia.

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  • World

The Kremlin denies causing the plane crash thought to have killed Prigozhin

The Kremlin is dismissing allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind the apparent death of Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash.

August 25, 2023
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
A view of the site after a jet crashed in Russia's northwestern Tver region on Aug. 23. Russian authorities say Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was among those on the flight manifest. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to families of those killed in the crash. He noted Wagner members were reportedly on board and spoke warmly of his relationship with Prigozhin in the past tense.

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  • World

What we know — and don't — about the Russian crash that possibly killed Prigozhin

Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner mercenary group, appeared on the passenger list of a business jet that crashed Wednesday in Russia. Beyond that, little is clear.

August 24, 2023
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, looks from a military vehicle leaving an area of the HQ of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24.

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  • World

Russian officials say Wagner boss Prigozhin was on passenger list of jet that crashed

A jet from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed, killing all 10 people on board, officials said. Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, officials said, but it wasn't clear if he was on board.

August 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday.

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  • World

Putin met Wagner leader Prigozhin days after failed uprising

The Kremlin says the Russian leader met Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin and nearly three dozen of his mercenary commanders for talks in Moscow late last month.

July 10, 2023
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko says that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia. Lukashenko is seen here at his residence, the Independence Palace, in the capital Minsk on Thursday.

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  • Europe

Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is back in Russia, says Belarus' Lukashenko

That's in contrast to the deal worked out after the failed uprising last month. The Kremlin had said the Wagner group leader would be exiled to neighboring Belarus but would not face charges.

July 06, 2023
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By:
  • Charles Maynes and
  • Laurel Wamsley
A Ukrainian serviceman of the 3rd Assault Brigade prepares to fire a mortar toward Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday.

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  • World

Week in Russia-Ukraine: Wagner mutiny rattles Moscow, as counteroffensive creeps along

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

July 03, 2023
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By:
  • Alex Leff
Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation in Moscow on June 26.

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  • World

Putin insists Russia is united after the Wagner Group uprising, vows to uphold deal

In a brief five-minute speech, Putin seemed to reaffirm a deal he reached to end the conflict, which resulted in Wagner Group commander Yevgeny Prigozhin being exiled to Belarus.

June 26, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Members of the Wagner Group sit atop of a tank in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Saturday. President Vladimir Putin said an armed mutiny by Wagner mercenaries was a "stab in the back" and that the group's chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had betrayed Russia. Prigozhin later called off his group's action and the Kremlin said he would go to Belarus.

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  • World

The week in Ukraine: When Prigozhin turned Wagner's tanks on Russia

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

June 26, 2023
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By:
  • Alex Leff
GPB News NPR

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  • World

Anti-war Russians watched the Wagner mutiny from Turkey, and worry about what's next

Russians who fled to Turkey after their country invaded Ukraine worry that Russian President Vladimir Putin may increase repressive measures that will affect their loved ones back home.

June 26, 2023
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis
Members of Wagner Group stand on the balcony of a building in the city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday.

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  • World

After its march toward Moscow, what's next for Russia's Wagner Group?

The fate of the private military company is unclear, especially after it was credited with delivering Russia recent gains in the country's war against Ukraine.

June 25, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Members of Wagner Group inspect a car in a street of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Saturday.

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  • World

Wagner Group chief says his mercenaries will halt their march on Moscow

Yevgeny Prigozhin posted a message on social media claiming Wagner troops have agreed to stand down and return to bases. The Kremlin said the criminal case against Prigozhin will be dropped.

June 24, 2023
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  • Charles Maynes
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