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    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Rachman Review podcast21 min listen
      The rise and fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin

      Has the leader of Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group overplayed his hand?

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Yevgeny Prigozhin
      Russian warlord passed UK money laundering checks with mother’s utility bill

      Law firm relied on gas invoice when scrutinising Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin as prospective client

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      News in-depthFT Investigations
      Wagner leader generated $250mn from sanctioned empire

      Yevgeny Prigozhin’s natural resources interests outside Russia barely hit by years of western sanctions

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      Wagner Group leader stops recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine

      Yevgeny Prigozhin offered no explanation for declaring an end to the recruitment drive in Russia

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia admits Putin pardoning convicts so they can join Wagner in Ukraine

      Kremlin says US ‘demonising’ paramilitary group, which is playing a key role in war against Kyiv

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      US designates Wagner a ‘transnational criminal organisation’

      International pressure grows to crack down on Russian paramilitary group aiding Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      UK to probe how Wagner founder hired lawyers despite sanctions

      Treasury to review system that allows sanctioned individuals to apply for licences and legal representation

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      FT SeriesRussia in Africa
      Wagner Inc: a Russian warlord and his lawyers

      Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the mercenary operation, has used prominent legal firms around the world to try to keep western governments at bay

    • Saturday, 21 January, 2023
      Europe Express
      Rasputin’s shadow spreads over Russia’s Wagner group Premium content

      The once secretive organisation plays a prominent role in the Ukraine war and is also blending into domestic politics

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Wagner fighter seeks asylum after dramatic escape to Norway

      Andrei Medvedev pledges to give information on Russian paramilitary group

    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      US accuses North Korea of arming Kremlin-linked Wagner Group

      Russian mercenaries in Ukraine led by Putin ally have received missiles from Pyongyang, says White House

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Burkina Faso
      Burkina Faso latest to ‘hire Russian mercenaries’, Ghana alleges

      Akufo-Addo tells Blinken that Wagner Group has ‘entered into an arrangement’ with Ouagadougou to fight jihadist revolt

    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      DR Congo
      DR Congo leader rules out deploying Russian mercenaries to quell rebels

      Félix Tshisekedi says country will rely on its own army to fight militia as he pledges to push ahead with economic plans

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russia reduces number of Syrian and Wagner troops in Libya

      Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine strains its deployments across north and west Africa

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