Evgeny Prigozhin

Revealed: How Moscow’s Wagner Group recruited young British men online to plot London arson attack
Intelligence historian Trevor Barnes reveals Moscow’s sabotage playbook in the UK disclosed by the Wagner Group arson trial
Evening Standard
14 min read
From Nordic symbols to sledgehammer executions: Inside the Wagner Group's neo-pagan rituals
According to the Orthodox Eastern Church, the spirit of Wagner chief Evgeny Prigozhin now ought to have embarked in heaven or hell. The religion believes it takes 40 days after death for souls to reach their final destination, a threshold that the once hotdog seller reached on 1 October.
The Conversation
8 min read
Russia: Prigozhin killed in plane crash
The Russian warlord was reportedly on the passenger list of a plane that mysteriously crashed Wednesday
Salon
2 min read
Macron following situation in Russia very closely: Elysee
Emmanuel Macron is closely monitoring the situation in Russia after the Wagner mercenary group launched an armed mutiny against the Kremlin's forces, the French president's office said Saturday.
Radio France Internationale
3 min read
Brawling with elite, Russian mercenary boss wishes politician shot
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the shaven-headed former convict and catering magnate who runs Russia's Wagner mercenary army on the Ukraine frontline, said on Friday that a politician who criticised him should be shot and may end up on a pitchfork.
Reuters
4 min read
Face-to-face with Vlad's killers who say: 'We are at war with the West - including UK'
The Mirror's Defence Editor Chris Hughes meets two of Vladimir Putin's feared Wagner Group mercenary fighters held in Ukraine in a World-first exclusive interview
Daily Mirror
8 min read
Kremlin denies issuing media with guidance to suppress mentions of mercenary boss
The Kremlin on Thursday denied it had issued state media with formal recommendations suggesting they stop mentioning the Wagner mercenary group or its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin after what looked like a leaked guidance document surfaced online.
Reuters
4 min read
Kremlin moves to rein in Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin
His private army is pushing hard to give Russia a battlefield win in Ukraine, but mounting evidence suggests the Kremlin has moved to curb what it sees as the excessive political clout of Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary group.
Reuters
7 min read
Russia's Wagner boss heralds Bakhmut area advances, warns victory still distant
The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Thursday that his forces had taken the village of Klishchiivka, on the edge of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, but said that Ukrainian forces could not be forced from Bakhmut swiftly.
Reuters
2 min read
‘Hell. Just hell’: Ukraine and Russia’s war of attrition over Bakhmut
Soldiers say fighting in and around eastern Donetsk city is reminiscent of first world war-style trench conflict
Financial Times
9 min read