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Russian-backed mercenary squad Wagner Group designated as terrorist organization by UK officials

Friday, September 15 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- Members of the Wagner Group, a private military company with ties to the Russian government, are now subject to prosecution by British... Read More.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner Group leader killed in plane crash, buried in private funeral

Tuesday, August 29 by ABC News

(ST. PETERSBURG, Russia) -- Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried in a private funeral on Tuesday, his press service said, nearly a week after... Read More.

DNA confirms Wagner Group leader among crash victims, Russian officials say

Sunday, August 27 by ABC News

(LONDON and AMSTERDAM) -- Remains found after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private plane crashed last week were confirmed by genetic testing to be those of the... Read More.

Bomb likely the cause of explosion that downed Wagner leader Prigozhin’s plane, US officials say

Friday, August 25 by ABC News

(KUZHENKINO, Russia) -- The explosion that downed a plane carrying Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and nine others in Russia was likely caused by... Read More.

Wagner leader Prigozhin ‘likely’ killed in Russian plane crash, US says

Thursday, August 24 by ABC News

(KUZHENKINO, Russia) -- Wagner Group leader Yevgency Prigozhin was "likely" killed in a plane crash along with 9 others near Kuzhenkino, Russia, on Wednesday,... Read More.

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead in plane crash in Russia

Thursday, August 24 by ABC News

(RUSSIA) -- Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed in Russia's Tver region on Wednesday, according... Read More.

How Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rose with Putin, then turned on him

Wednesday, August 23 by ABC News

(RUSSIA) -- Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russian private military company the Wagner Group, which played a key role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine... Read More.

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin dies in plane crash in Russia

Wednesday, August 23 by ABC News

(RUSSIA) -- Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed in Russia's Tver region on Wednesday, according... Read More.

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Wagner forces turn over weapons to Russian forces

Wednesday, July 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take... Read More.

What Wagner Group’s armed rebellion could mean for Russia’s endgame in Ukraine

Friday, June 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Weeks into Ukraine's counteroffensive, political turmoil in Russia has raised new questions in the war and what it means for Vladimir... Read More.

Failed Wagner rebellion against Russia a battle between ‘two thugs’: Former US ambassador

Tuesday, June 27 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The attempted rebellion over the weekend against President Vladimir Putin by the Russia-backed private military company the Wagner Group, run by former... Read More.

Change in regime is ‘far closer’ after Wagner Group rebellion, Putin critic says

Tuesday, June 27 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the exiled former oligarch and one of Vladimir Putin's best-known critics, has campaigned for years to end the Russian leader's... Read More.