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Yevgeny Prigozhin

A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin lays at an informal street memorial near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, August 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
September 8, 2023, 11:52 pm
Zelensky says Putin killed Wagner chief Prigozhin in plane crash
Ukrainian president also warns ‘slower’ arms shipments from Western countries threaten counteroffensive; says Russia hopes US presidential elections will reduce support for Kyiv
By AFP
A portrait of the late head of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin is set at an informal street memorial for Wagner Group members killed in a plane crash, near the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, August 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
August 29, 2023, 8:00 pm
Memorial held for Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin
Bereaved invited to cemetery in St. Petersburg to say farewell to mercenary leader killed in plane crash, months after challenging Putin’s rule
By AP
A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin is set at an informal street memorial for Wagner Group's military group members killed in a plane crash on Wednesday, near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
August 29, 2023, 3:16 pm
Putin not planning to attend Wagner chief Prigozhin’s burial
Mercenary leader who led abortive coup likely to be interred in same St. Petersburg cemetery where Putin’s parents are buried
By AP
An image of the owner of private military company Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, with words in Russian 'In this hell you were the best' lies at an informal memorial next to the former 'PMC Wagner Centre' in St. Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
August 27, 2023, 2:56 pm
Russia confirms Yevgeny Prigozhin and other Wagner leaders killed in plane crash
Investigative panel says recovered bodies match list of passengers, doesn’t give details on what may have downed jet carrying mercenary leader 2 months after attempted mutiny
By Agencies
A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin lays at an informal street memorial near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, August 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
August 26, 2023, 8:46 pm
Putin orders Wagner mercenaries to pledge allegiance after Prigozhin’s plane crash
Decree obliges anyone working for military or supporting the invasion of Ukraine to sign oath of allegiance to Russia
By ToI Staff and AP
A portrait of Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner's operations and allegedly served in Russian military intelligence, is seen at the makeshift memorial in Moscow, on August 24, 2023.(Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP)
August 26, 2023, 4:26 am
Dmitry Utkin, the Nazi-tattooed commander who gave Wagner its name
Right-hand man of boss Yevgeny Prigozhin served in Russian military during Chechen wars, led mercenary group’s military operations since about 2014
By AFP
In this Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 file photo, People gather in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, portrait in center, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Once deputy prime minister under Boris Yeltsin, Nemtsov was a popular politician and harsh critic of Putin. On a cold February night in 2015, he was gunned down by assailants on a bridge adjacent to the Kremlin as he walked with his girlfriend in a death that sent shockwaves across the country. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky, file)
August 26, 2023, 3:01 am
Nerve agents, poison and window falls: How Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed
Litvinenko, Navalny, Nemtsov, Politkovskaya, Prigozhin… Over the years, a stream of political critics, turncoat spies, investigative journalists have been murdered or assaulted
By Dasha Litvinova
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, August 25, 2023. (Pavel Byrkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
August 25, 2023, 3:12 pm
Kremlin denies role in plane crash that killed Wagner leader Prigozhin
Preliminary US intelligence assessment says plane was downed in an intentional explosion, likely as revenge for recent rebellion against Putin
By AP
Russian servicemen inspect a part of a crashed private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, Russia, August 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
August 24, 2023, 8:18 pm
US believes plane carrying Prigozhin, Wagner leaders was downed by intentional blast
In preliminary assessment, US official says ‘very likely’ mercenary chief was targeted; Biden predicts Putin responsible: ‘There’s not much that happens in Russia he’s not behind’
By Emma Burrows and AAMER MADHANI
A member of private mercenary group Wagner pays tribute to Yevgeny Prigozhin (L) and Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner's operations and allegedly served in Russian military intelligence, at the makeshift memorial in front of the PMC Wagner office in Novosibirsk, on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Vladimir NIKOLAYEV / AFP)
August 24, 2023, 3:33 pm
Prigozhin’s death leaves many unknowns and one ‘most obvious’ assumption
Kremlin does nothing to deny widespread assessment that Wagner leader’s plane crash was an act of revenge by Putin for leading an aborted uprising
By Didier Lauras
Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin speaks in a video, August 21, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 24, 2023, 2:45 am
Mercenary boss, mutineer, ‘Putin’s chef’: The many sides of Yevgeny Prigozhin
Wagner Group leader killed in plane crash had long ties to the Kremlin as a contractor, caterer and head of private armed force accused of atrocities. Then he turned against Moscow
By AP
In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)
August 23, 2023, 11:12 pm
Wagner Group says leader Prigozhin killed in plane crash after mutiny against Putin
Militia confirms leader’s death, blames ‘actions of traitors to Russia’; all 10 people on board private jet killed, emergency officials say
By ToI Staff and AP
File: Then-deputy Russian military commander in Ukraine Gen. Sergei Surovikin records his appeal against armed rebellion at an unknown location, June 24, 2023. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
August 23, 2023, 2:40 pm
Top Russian general who vanished in wake of Wagner mutiny reportedly dismissed
Sergei Surovikin, formerly commander of war effort against Ukraine, transferred to new role, amid speculation he may have been detained due to ties with mercenary leader
By Agencies
Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin speaks in a video, August 21, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 22, 2023, 12:21 pm
Wagner chief says group making Africa ‘freer,’ in rare appearance since mutiny
Yevgeny Prigozhin hints he is on continent in recent video, as tensions brew in Niger over military coup that Wagner-linked group describes as fight against ‘colonizers’
By AFP
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry Press Office, a burning apartment building is seen after a missile attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Monday, July 31, 2023. (Ukrainian Interior Ministry Press Office via AP)
July 31, 2023, 4:54 pm
Four killed, 53 injured in Russian attack on Zelensky’s hometown
Attack on Kryvyi Rih follows intensification of Ukrainian counteroffensive that killed 2 people in Russian-occupied Donetsk
By FELIPE DANA
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