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☆ Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov released a video of his 15-year-old son beating up a prisoner, saying he's 'proud' of him for showing 'honor' and 'dignity'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday that he's "proud" of his son for beating a prisoner. He published a video of Adam Kadyrov, 15, punching, kicking, and slapping a cowering man. Kadyrov published a video of the beatdown on Telegram, writing that he was "proud" of his son's actions. "He beat him, and he did the right thing," Kadyrov wrote, per a translation by Reuters. In his commentary, Kadyrov said the attacker was his 15-year-old son, Adam Kadyrov, and that the teenager had attained "adult ideals of honor, dignity, and defense of his religion."

Persons: Ramzan Kadyrov, Adam Kadyrov, —, Islam, Kadyrov, Nikita Zhuravel, Zhuravel, Tatyana Moskalkova, Kadyrov's, Moskalkova, Adam Delimkhanov, Delimkhanov Organizations: Service, Reuters, Moscow Times, United States Commission, International, Human, Zhuravel, Chechen Locations: Volgograd, Chechen Republic, Chechnya, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Videos show a massive fuel tank explosion after a suspected drone strike in Putin's prized resort town
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A major fire erupted at an airport in the Russian resort town of Sochi on Wednesday. Telegram channels published footage of the fiery explosion, saying it was the result of a drone strike. Officials have not confirmed the cause of the fire, but Russian Telegram channels Baza and SHOT reported that it was the result of a drone strike. The channel published footage of what appears to be an object falling onto a fuel tank before light engulfs the camera. The Moscow Times reported that the fire occurred at a Rosneft oil depot, and published footage of firefighters battling the flames.

Persons: Aleksei Kopaigorodskii, Kopaigorodskii, it's, It's, Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko Organizations: Wednesday, Service, Moscow Times, Putin, Russia's Defense Ministry Locations: Russian, Sochi, Wall, Silicon, Black, Russia, Ukrainian, Georgia, North Korea

☆ Russian soldiers say they dream of conquering Ukrainian cities and moving their families there in haunting recruitment ad
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russian troops wistfully discuss plans to "recapture Kyiv" in a haunting new recruitment ad. The commercial shows soldiers planning to move their families to conquered Ukrainian cities. Russia, which has struggled to recruit troops, has doubled payments to soldiers since the war began. It's a cool area," a second Russian Army member replies as gunfire pops and explosions ring out in the background. When the war is over and we recapture Kyiv, I will move my family there."

Persons: wistfully Organizations: Service, Russian Armed Forces, Moscow Times, Russian Army, Pentagon, of America, NATO Locations: Kyiv, Ukrainian, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine

☆ For Western firms, the risk of leaving Russia could be higher than staying
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Greg Kennedy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA wave of Western companies exited Russia promptly after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. For firms wishing to quit, amid heavy reputational and financial damage, the prospect of leaving is becoming harder with time. Nabi Abdullaev, a partner at Control Risks and former editor of the Moscow Times, told CNBC: "Some companies decide to stay because the risk of leaving Russia, at this moment at least, is higher than the risk of staying." Western companies that remain in the country are able to continue doing business because, despite sanctions, numerous transactions and activities are still authorized. In comparison, sanctions on Iran and North Korea are a far more severe environment for Western companies to operate within.

Persons: Nabi Abdullaev, Abdullaev, Vladimir Putin, Maria Shagina, Philip Morris, Heineken, Shagina Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, Moscow Times, CNBC, Companies, Carlsberg, Danone, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Unilever, Nestle, PepsiCo, Research, Heineken, Russian Arnest, Kyiv School of Economics Locations: Moskva, Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Russian, UniCredit, Raiffeisen, Ukrainian, Iran, North Korea

☆ Putin's biologist daughter is still getting published in science journals in the West despite the Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Maria Vorontsova, Putin's daughter, is a scientist at Moscow State University. Vorontosova, Putin's eldest daughter, is a researcher at Moscow State University specialising in endocrinology, or the study of the system in the body that regulates hormones. The three articles published in MPDI publications appeared in 2022 and 2023, according to Vorontsova's university research profile. Her sister, Katerina Tikhoniva, is a dancer and also works in a senior position at Moscow State University, Reuters reported. In the wake of the Ukraine invasion, the US and other Western allies of Ukraine imposed sanctions on Putin's family.

Persons: Vladimir Putin's, Maria Vorontsova, Vladimir, Putin's, Young Vladimir Putin, Vorontsova, MDPI, Putin, Lyudmila Putina, Mikhail Fridman, Katerina Tikhoniva, Tikhonova's Organizations: Moscow State University ., Service, Moscow State University, US Endocrine Society, Moscow Times, Getty, Putin Reuters, Reuters, US Treasury Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Russia, MDPI, Dresden, Germany, Dutch, Netherlands, Moscow

☆ Russia will increase foreign currency sales 830% as deadline for Eurobond repayment nears
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's central bank said it will increase its foreign currency sales by 830% later this month. The sales will help Russia repay a $3 billion Eurobond that is due on September 16. The offloaded foreign currency will also help calm ruble volatility, the central bank said. Between September 14 and 22, the Bank of Russia will sell 21.4 billion rubles worth of foreign currency a day into the domestic market, up 830% from a planned 2.3 billion. This will total 150 billion rubles worth of foreign currency, or $1.5 billion.

Persons: Wagner, Elvira Nabiullina, Anton Siluanov Organizations: Service, Bank of Russia, Bolshevik, Kremlin, Moscow Times, Reuters Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Russia's, Moscow, Ukraine

☆ Cuba Says Its Citizens Were Lured to Fight in Russia’s War in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Valeriya Safronova | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Cuba has been a close ally of Russia since the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Álvaro López Miera, the head of Cuba’s Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, visited Moscow in June. He was received by his Russian counterpart, Sergei K. Shoigu, who said that Cuba was Russia’s “most important ally” in the Caribbean. About 70,000 Russian tourists visited Cuba in the first half of 2023, according to Russian state media, and about 11,000 Cubans visited Russia in 2022, according to the Russian Association of Tour Operators. It is not the first time that a country has claimed that its citizens were being recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

Persons: Elena Shuvalova, Álvaro López Miera, Sergei K, Shoigu, Russia’s, ”, ” Mr, Ukraine ” Organizations: Moscow Times, Russian Army, Cuban Foreign Ministry, Cuba’s Ministry, Revolutionary Armed Forces, Tass, Russian Association of Tour Locations: Moscow, Cuba, Russia, Cuban, Caribbean, Ukraine, Russian, Kostanay, Kazakhstan, Kazakh

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Moscow, North Korea 'actively advancing' arms deal; Russian general appears to resurface for first time since Wagner mutiny
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Sergei Surovikin, the former commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, seen here in 2021. A photo has emerged online that appears to show Russian General Sergei Surovikin, a top military figure who was regarded as an ally of Yevgeny Prigozhin, alive and in public. The rebellion was seen as the culmination of a long-running dispute between Prigozhin and Russia's defense ministry. "General Sergei Surovikin is out. The general was reportedly arrested in June and then dismissed as the head of Russia's Aerospace Forces in August, according to the Moscow Times.

Persons: Sergei Surovikin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Surovikin, Prigozhin's, Prigozhin, Wagner, Ksenia Sobchak, Sobchak, Valery Gerasimov, Holly Ellyatt Organizations: Wagner Group, NBC News, Russia's Aerospace Forces, Moscow Times, New York Times, Kremlin, Putin Locations: Ukraine, Moscow, Prigozhin

Humble beginningsPutin and Prigozhin share relatively humble beginnings, and the Wagner chief grew up in the tougher neighborhoods of St. Petersburg, which is also the president’s hometown. Prigozhin founded Wagner that year as a mercenary outfit that fought both in Ukraine and, increasingly, for Russian-backed causes around the world. In recent months, Prigozhin has created a dilemma for Putin by becoming an outspoken critic of Russia’s military leaders. The Wagner mutiny began when Prigozhin unleashed a fresh tirade against the Russian military and then marched his troops into the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. Prigozhin responded on Telegram saying that Putin was “deeply mistaken.”“We are patriots of our Motherland, we fought and are fighting,” the Wagner chief said.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin, ”, Humble, George Bush, Jacques Chirac of France, ” Prigozhin, Defense Yunus, Bek Yevkurov, Wagner –, –, Mark Hertling, Misha Japaridze, Sergei Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov, “, Don Organizations: CNN, Kremlin, Russian, Moscow Times, Defense, Reuters CNN, Central African, Internet Research Agency, US Treasury Department, United, Russian Defense Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Russian, Belarus, St . Petersburg, Africa, Central African Republic, Sudan, Libya, Mozambique, Mali, Syria, Soledar, Prigozhin's, Russia, Bakhmut, Rostov

☆ Russia has lost more than 2,200 tanks in Ukraine, and it may be reaching the limit of its ability to 'rebuild' older ones
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( David Hambling | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Russia has lost more than 2,200 main battle tanks since invading Ukraine in February last year. Russian storage depots are deep, but they don't have an unlimited supply of armor to throw into a new fight. In fact, Russia is rebuilding tanks rather than building them, and their capacity to do so may be reaching its limit. Russia has vast stockpiles of old tanks, from T-90s barely 20 years old to rusting T-62s from the 1960s. More importantly, Russia's supply of old tanks for rebuilding is showing signs of running down.

Persons: Alexander Zemlianichenko, Stalin, UVZ, Sergio Miller, Abrams, ANATOLII STEPANOV, Shoigu, Putin's, Dmitry Medvedev, OLGA MALTSEVA, Jakub Janovsky, Medvedev, Nobody, Putin, David Hambling Organizations: Service, Russia, Victory Day, AP, Stalin Ural Tank, British Army, Sierra Army, Omsk Transport Machine Factory, —, Getty, Defence, Moscow Times, Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, Aviation, Forbes, The, New, Popular Mechanics, WIRED Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, AP Russia, Nizhny Tagil, Moscow, Stalin Ural, Doyle , California, Omsk, St Petersburg, Siberia, Venezuela, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Russian, Rostov, Izyum, AFP, OmskTransMash, Laos, St . Petersburg, Buryatia, Mongolia, Urals, USSR, Germany, Kremlin, London

☆ The Kremlin's top brass are trying to pass the buck over the ruble's collapse. This rare public infighting shows just how precarious Russia's wartime economy is.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Kremlin's top brass are trying to pass the buck over the ruble's collapse. Russia's central bank governor, Elvira Nabiullina, said the weak ruble is due to changing trade flows. "A weak ruble complicates the economy's structural transformation and negatively influences real household earnings. "Blaming the central bank is like a drunkard's search — looking for the guilty where the light is," she said, the Financial Times reported earlier this week. The Kremlin, Russia's central bank, and Capital Economics did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.

Persons: Putin's, Elvira Nabiullina, Maxim Oreshkin, Vladimir Putin's, Oreshkin, Nabiullina —, —, Liam Peach, Putin, Max Seddon, you've Organizations: Service, TASS, Financial Times, Capital Economics Locations: Wall, Silicon, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Surgut

☆ Hundreds of Russian tourists were stranded in Turkey when their planes broke down, a likely casualty of Western sanctions
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Two flights operated by Russian airline Red Wings were unable to depart from Antalya, Turkey. The Boeing 777s had technical issues, leaving hundreds of Russian tourists stranded. The flights both belonged to Russian low-cost carrier Red Wings Airlines and were due to fly from Antalya Airport in Turkey over the weekend, The Moscow Times reported. that Red Wings had taken on too many flights with just three Boeing 777s in its fleet. In May, Russia's biggest commercial airline Aeroflot asked its employees to refrain from reporting malfunctions even if they are aware of them, according to the investigative Russian outlet Proekt.

Organizations: Russian airline Red Wings, Boeing, Service, Red Wings Airlines, Antalya Airport, Moscow Times, General's, Federal, Wings, Airbus, Kremlin, Aeroflot, Russia's Locations: Antalya, Turkey, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Yekaterinburg, Federal District, Zhukovsky, Moscow, Ukraine

☆ Russian officials are fuming after Ukraine isolated it in peace talks that even China attended: 'They're gossiping without us'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kremlin officials are concerned Kyiv is outflanking them diplomatically, The Moscow Times said. In comments to The Moscow Times, four former and current Kremlin officials familiar with Russia's diplomacy were troubled. A former high-ranking Russian diplomat also expressed concern to The Moscow Times about Russia's isolation, but added that Moscow's participation in discussions was necessary for ending the conflict. In recent months, Russia and Ukraine have intensified their struggle to for diplomatic support for their versions of ending the war. Ukraine hopes to persuade nations by pointing to the devastating effect of Russia's war of the grain exports many countries depend on.

Persons: Kremlin wasn't, Moscow —, Stefan Wolf Organizations: Kremlin, Moscow Times, Service, Birmingham University Locations: Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, China, Kyiv, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Jeddah, Beijing, Moscow, Russian, West, Brazil, India, South Africa, Denmark

☆ Video captures mushroom cloud towering over a town near Moscow after a massive explosion rocked a Russian factory
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An explosion erupted at a warehouse near the Russian capital of Moscow on Wednesday. The blast at the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant left dozens of people injured, reports said. The governor of the Moscow region said the warehouse was being used to store fireworks. Dramatic videos that circulated on social media captured the moments immediately after the blast at the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant in Sergiev Posad and showed a massive mushroom cloud looming over the area. According to The Moscow Times, the factory has produced things like night-vision devices and binoculars for the Russian security forces.

Persons: Posad, Andrei Vorobyov, Piro Ross Organizations: Wednesday, Plant, Service, Moscow Times, TASS, Associated Press, Russia's, Firefighters, Russian Emergencies Ministry, REUTERS Locations: Moscow, Wall, Silicon, Sergiev Posad, Moscow Region, Russia, Sergiev

☆ ‘He's torturing people': Video shows Russian troops being stripped naked and forced to pluck grass
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new video purports to show a Russian military brigade commander hazing Russian soldiers. The troops in the video are stripped naked and forced to pluck grass and hit with batons. Soldiers narrating the video lament the effect of hazing and claim it will cause a "mutiny." In the video posted on Thursday, soldiers narrating the video said they were approaching their limit with the behavior. "They'll get a mutiny if they keep going that way," a soldier narrating the video says, per WarTranslated.

Persons: WarTranslated, Russia's, They'll Organizations: Service, Russia's 4th Tank, Russian, 4th Guards, Moscow Times Locations: Russian, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Moscow, Estonian, London, Naro

☆ A top Russian general's rare admission that his elite paratroopers suffered heavy casualties in Ukraine was mysteriously removed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A top Russian general admitted his elite paratroopers suffered thousands of casualties in Ukraine. It's unclear exactly how many casualties Russian forces have suffered during the Ukraine war. Favorited by Russian ultranationalists, Teplinsky oversaw successful combat operations last year but was eventually dismissed from his leadership role. This prompted some insubordination from the Russian airborne commander, who even expressed his frustration with Moscow's military brass directly to Putin. The elite paratroopers suffered heavy losses early on and continued to struggle in the months that followed.

Persons: Gen, Mikhail Teplinsky, Russia's, Teplinsky, Teplinksy, VDV, Vladimir Putin, Gian Marco Benedetto, —, Putin Organizations: Service, Russia's VDV Airborne Forces, Moscow Times, Zvezda, Airborne Forces, Anadolu Agency, Getty, BBC Russian Service, Wagner Group, Institute for Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhya, Washington

☆ Ikea left Russia — but yet another copycat has popped up in its place. The real store says it could take action.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Good Luck, an Ikea copycat, joins the ranks of rebranded dupes of many western chains in Russia. And now, a store called Good Luck has opened in Moscow as an Ikea copycat. "The departure of Ikea is not a reason to abandon the usual interior design," Good Luck writes on its website. There are no suppliers for bathroom and kitchen items yet, employees at the store told the Moscow Times. Vlad Karkov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesConvincing Ikea dupe or not, Good Luck already has ambitious plans for expansion, it says.

Persons: Vladimir Putin's, McD's, Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr, —, it's, Good Luck, couldn't, McDonald's, ALEXANDER NEMENOV, Luck, Vlad Karkov Organizations: Ikea, Moscow Times, Service, McDonalds, Kentucky Fried, McDonald's, KFC, Starbucks, Getty, Swed, IKEA Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Kentucky, Moscow, McDonalds, Zara, Ukraine, Swedish, Russian, Belarusian, AFP, Soviet

☆ Putin is trying to flex his influence in Africa, but countries are giving him the cold shoulder
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Putin is hosting a critical summit with African leaders this week in St. Petersburg, Russia. But only a handful of attending nations are sending their heads of state or leaders. Isolated by the war in Ukraine, Putin seeks to grow influence and support on the African continent. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. On Thursday, Putin will meet with 49 representatives from African nations at the second Russia-Africa summit.

Persons: Putin, Vladimir Putin's, Yuri Ushakov, Dmitry Peskov Organizations: Service, Moscow Times, Reuters, Ukraine, Wagner Group, Central African, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Relations Locations: St . Petersburg, Russia, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Africa, Egypt, South Africa, Uganda, Libya, Mali, Sudan, Central African Republic

☆ The Kremlin could pass a new rule making it the first in line to acquire the shares of certain companies trying to leave the country: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Kremlin could pass a new rule allowing it priority rights to acquire shares from exiting foreign firms. This would make it harder for foreign companies to leave the Russian market. Companies in the Kremlin's list of 200 strategic enterprises include food giant Danone and Finnish energy firm Fortum, per the Moscow Times. President Vladimir Putin's regime has also been imposing an increasing number of punitive measures on companies exiting the Russian market. Moscow also charges exiting companies an exit fee of at least 10% of the sale value.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, it's, Vladimir Putin's Organizations: Service, Kremlin, . Companies, Danone, Moscow Times, Financial Times, Interfax, Yale University, Novaya Gazeta Locations: Russian, Moscow, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Wagner suffered staggering losses in Ukraine, official says: 28% dead, a further 51% wounded, totaling 62K casualties in just over a year
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

28% of the Wagner Group's force sent to Ukraine was killed, according to a group official. A Wagner Group official identified as Marx said that 78,000 fighters went to Ukraine with the mercenary group, and 22,000 were killed, according to Telegram channel Razgruzka Vagnera. That means the Wagner Group had 62,000 casualties in total, according to the official's figures. The UK defense ministry on Friday also pointed to huge losses of Russian prisoners fighting in Ukraine. While the Wagner Group is not the only group that recruited prisoners for Ukraine, it was the most prolific group to do so.

Persons: Wagner, Marx, Yevgeny Prigozhin's, Razgruzka Vagnrea, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Putin Organizations: Kremlin, Service, Group, Moscow Times, Wagner Group, Wagner Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Bakhmut, Russian, Moscow, Africa

☆ Putin's military supply routes are being blocked by Russian tourists after he encouraged them to go on holiday in Crimea, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian tourists are snarling up military supply routes near Crimea, a report said. The Institute for the Study of War described the Kerch bridge as one of two supply routes for Russian forces in southern Ukraine battling to resist a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Russian tourists in the resort town of Alushta on the Crimean peninsula on June 18, 2023. Despite this, Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered Russian military vehicles to help ferry tourists to the location, it said. In the wake of Sunday's attack, Putin urged tourists to avoid the Kerch bridge and instead take the route through occupied east Ukraine.

Persons: OLGA MALTSEVA, Vladimir Putin, Putin Organizations: Service, Kremlin, Institute for, Getty, Moscow Times, Daily Locations: Crimea, Crimean, Wall, Silicon, Kerch, Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, Alushta, AFP

☆ Russia wants to tempt back the talented youth who ditched it for invading Ukraine, but hasn't figured out how, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Thousands, if not millions, of Russians have fled the country since it invaded Ukraine last year. Russian officials are now trying to get them to return, The Moscow Times reported. Now Russian officials are trying to lure them back, The Moscow Times reported. One politician suggested that Russians who come back should be investigated for treason, the report highlighted as an example. The Moscow Times reported that this prompted more Russian officials to make new open calls for citizens to come back.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, they've Organizations: Moscow Times, Service, UK Ministry of Defence Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russia

☆ Russia is handing out leaflets trying to recruit more women to join its army: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Leaflets in Russia's Siberia are calling on women to join the army, per independent media. Women would potentially serve in occupied Ukraine "in the same ranks as men," The Moscow Times reported. 39,000 women currently serve in Russia's army, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. That same month, Russia's defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, said that 39,000 women were currently serving in Russia's armed forces, including 5,000 officers.

Persons: Sergei Shoigu Organizations: Moscow Times, Service, Russian Defense Ministry, Omsk Civil Association Locations: Siberia, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Omsk, Russian, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson

☆ A former Wagner fighter described Prigozhin as a 'cocky idiot' who pitted soldiers against each other for personal gain
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some Wagner fighters have condemned Yevgeny Prigozhin for leading the armed revolt against Russia. One fighter, identified only as Roman, told the Moscow Times that Prigozhin is a "cocky idiot." He blamed the mercenary leader for pitting soldiers against each other for personal reasons. "My comrades and I fought for the country, not for some cocky idiot and his personal ambitions," Roman told the Moscow Times, referring to the infighting between Prigozhin and Russian military leaders that preceded the attempted rebellion. Another former Wagner fighter, identified only as Vlad, told the Moscow Times that he signed up for Wagner to "defend his country" and not "out of sympathy for Prigozhin."

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Roman, Vlad, Sergei Shoigu, Staff Valery Gerasimov Organizations: Russia, Moscow Times, Service, Wagner PMC, Prigozhin, Russian Defence, Russian, Staff Locations: Wall, Silicon, Moscow, Rostov, Belarus, Prigozhin, Bakhmut, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, St . Petersburg

☆ Putin 'can't afford to lose' Wagner boss Prigozhin because he's so crucial to Russia's global power, says retired US general
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Putin didn't punish Wagner boss for his uprising as he needs his fighters, a retired US general told CNN. Hertling also said the meeting between Putin and Prigozhin was likely "an attempt to get [Prigozhin] back on board." But he noted that there is "confusion," with the Wagner Group "being dispersed and, in fact, sort of broken up." The Wagner uprising came after months of public feuding between Prigozhin and Russian military officials, including Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and the Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov. After the group's mini mutiny, Wagner fighters in Russia were given the choice of going into exile in neighboring Belarus, joining Russia's traditional army, or going home.

Persons: Putin, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Mark Hertling, Vladimir Putin, Prigozhin, Hertling, that's, Sergei Shoigu, Staff Valery Gerasimov, It's, Wagner fighters Organizations: CNN, Kremlin, Service, Wagner, Russian Defence, Russian, Staff, Moscow Times Locations: Moscow, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Belarus, Syria, Africa, Russia

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