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☆ Wagner boss Prigozhin listed as a passenger on crashed jet which killed 10 people
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A view of site after a private jet, allegedly carrying Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin and other passengers crashed in Russia's northwestern Tver region, Russia on August 23, 2023. The chief of the Wagner Russian mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is believed to have been killed in a plane crash, Russian state media reported Wednesday. The aircraft, a business jet, crashed in the Tver region northwest of Moscow, leading to the deaths of all 10 people onboard, according to Russian authorities. "An investigation of the Embraer plane crash that happened in the Tver Region this evening was initiated. According to the passenger list, first and last name of Yevgeny Prigozhin was included in this list," Russia's Federal Agency for Air Transport said in a statement.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, EMERCOM Organizations: Embraer, Federal Agency for Air Transport, Sheremetyevo International, Russian Ministry of Emergency Services Locations: Russia's, Tver, Russia, Wagner Russian, Moscow, Tver Region, St . Petersburg, Kuzhenkino

There was no immediate official confirmation that Prigozhin, Russia's most powerful mercenary and a self-declared enemy of the Russian Defence Ministry, was physically on board. Reuters could not confirm that he was on the aircraft though a Telegram channel linked to Wagner pronounced him dead. Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group's pullout from the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. Unconfirmed Russian media reports said that Dmitry Utkin, Prigozhin's right-hand man, had also been on board and that Prigozhin and his associates had attended a meeting with officials from the Russian Defence Ministry. An unverified video clip posted to social media showed a plane resembling a private jet falling out of the sky towards the earth.

Persons: Wagner, Prigozhin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin's, Putin, Joe Biden, Alexander Ermochenko, Sergei Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov, Dmitry Utkin, Andrew Osborn, Max Rodionov, Mark Trevelyan, Grant McCool Organizations: Russian Defence Ministry, Reuters, Wagner Group, Kremlin, Defence Ministry, Embraer, TASS, Southern Military, REUTERS, Russia's, General Staff, Thomson Locations: Moscow, MOSCOW, Russia, Africa, Tver, St . Petersburg, Kuzhenkino, Tver Region, Rostov, Don, St Petersburg, Ukraine, Belarus

☆ Wagner boss and failed coup leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed in Russia, killing everyone on board, state media reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russian media reports say Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed. It's unclear if the Wagner Group leader was on the plane that went down near Moscow, but he is believed to have been killed. It's not immediately clear if the mercenary boss was on board, but he was on the passenger list. AdvertisementAdvertisementBefore it became a disgraced organization in the wake of Prigozhin's failed coup, the Wagner Group fought in Ukraine alongside the regular Russian army. Some Western officials suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin might opt to deal with the betrayal at a later date.

Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, It's, Prigozhin, Adrienne Watson, Prigozhin's, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Bill Burns Organizations: Wagner Group, Service, Group, TASS, Embraer, Federal Agency for Air Transport, National, US State Department, Kremlin, CIA Locations: Moscow, Wall, Silicon, Tver, St, Petersburg, Tver Region, Russia, Africa, Belarus, Ukraine, Rostov, Belarusian

☆ White House says 'no one should be surprised' if Prigozhin actually died in a plane crash in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russian media said Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed Wednesday. All 10 people on the business jet died, but it's unclear if the Wagner Group leader was actually on board. US officials said that if the reports of his death are confirmed, "no one should be surprised." If confirmed, no one should be surprised," White House National Security Spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement shared with Insider. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe plane crash happened exactly two months after Prigozhin incited a short-lived mutiny against Russia's military leadership, setting off a series of high-level purges and internal power shifts.

Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, it's, Adrienne Watson, Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Wagner Group, Service, National, US State Department Locations: Wall, Silicon, Moscow, St, Petersburg, Tver, Ukraine

☆ The CIA's director predicted last month that Putin would seek revenge on Yevgeny Prigozhin after his failed coup
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

CIA director William Burns predicted last month that Putin might not be done with Yevgeny Prigozhin. Prigozhin led a short-lived coup against Russian military leaders exactly two months ago. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe feud between Prigozhin and Russian higher-ups came to blows in late June, when Wagner launched a failed mutiny against Russia's military leadership in late June, with Prigozhin marching his mercenary troops toward Moscow. But the coup was short-lived when Prigozhin appeared to make a sudden reversal, ordering his troops to turn back and stand down. Since then, Prigozhin's whereabouts and standings with both Russian military leadership and Putin himself have been all over the place.

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☆ Apparent death of Wagner boss Prigozhin might pay dividends for the Kremlin
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The Ukrainians and their allies, Solovyov insinuated, were “spreading a fake message about the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin” based on a report from Rossiya-24, a Russian state television channel. After all, Russian investigative outlets have reported that the Wagner head apparently employed at least one body double. Awaiting an impartial report from the Investigative Committee is like expecting a Russian state TV host to stop taking talking points from the Kremlin. The crash of Prigozhin’s plane happened just about two months after Prigozhin and Wagner staged their insurrection, the biggest challenge to Putin’s rule in over two decades. Russian investigative journalist Artem Borovik died in 2000 shortly after his plane to Kyiv crashed after take-off from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.

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☆ Russian ruble slumps to near 17-month low, moves past 100 against the dollar
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This pool image distributed by Sputnik agency shows Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with the Tver region governor at the Kremlin in Moscow on August 9, 2023. The Russian ruble slid past 100 to the U.S. dollar on Monday, nearing a 17-month low as President Vladimir Putin's economic advisor blamed loose monetary policy for the rapid depreciation. Putin's economic advisor Maxim Oreshkin told Russia's state-owned Tass news agency that the depreciation would normalize in the near future." A weak ruble complicates the restructuring of the economy and negatively affects the real incomes of the population. In the interests of the Russian economy — a strong ruble," he said, according to a Google translation.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Putin's, Maxim Oreshkin, William Jackson, Jackson Organizations: Sputnik, Kremlin, Russian, U.S, greenback, Bank of, Tass, Federal State Statistics Service, Capital Economics Locations: Tver, Moscow, Bank of Russia, Russia's, Russia, Russian

☆ Russia pulls back from brink of crisis after deal reached to end Wagner insurrection
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Putin poses for a picture with his wife, Lyudmila, and daughters, Yekaterina and Maria. Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images Putin rides a horse during a vacation in Southern Siberia in August 2009. Alexey Nikolsky/AFP via Getty Images Putin judges an arm wrestling match while visiting the Seliger youth educational forum in Russia's Tver region in August 2011. Dmitry Astakhov/RIA Novosti/AFP via Getty Images Putin plays with his dogs Yume, left, and Buffy at his home in Novo-Ogaryovo, Russia, in March 2013. Chris McGrath/Getty Images Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the G20 summit in Buenos Aires in November 2018.

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☆ Putin's presidential plane was spotted leaving Moscow amid Wagner's uprising
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin's plane left Moscow Saturday morning, according to flight data. Wagner mercenaries appear to be headed for Moscow in what some are calling an attempted coup. Putin's presidential plane left at 14:16 Moscow time, according to FlightRadar data retrieved by NEXTA. While it's not clear where the plane was headed, it disappeared from tracking systems near Tver, a major city north of Moscow. On Friday, Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against Russia's military leadership, accusing Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of ordering an air strike on Wagner troops in Ukraine.

Persons: Vladimir Putin's, Dmitry Peskov, Putin, Wagner, —, it's, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Sergei Shoigu, Prigozhin Organizations: Service, NEXTA, Independent, Russian, Russia's Ministry of Defense Locations: Moscow, St, Petersburg, Tver, Ukraine, Prigozhin

☆ The Africans fighting on Russia’s front line in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +18 min

In journeying to Russia, Tarimo was following the route of many young Africans, including future heads of state, since the 1960s. Tarimo also ended up treading the path of a handful of other Africans who took up arms for Wagner in Ukraine. The presidents of South Africa and Zambia are now among a group of African leaders seeking to mediate between Russia and Ukraine. In November last year, his family learned he too had died in Ukraine fighting for Wagner. He said that, like Tarimo, Nyirenda cast his desire to join Wagner as repayment for Soviet and Russian support of African anti-colonial movements.

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☆ Ukraine targets Russian oil pipeline installations with drones, Russian media reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian serviceman operates a reconnaissance unmanned aerial device over the outskirts of Bakhmut town, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near a frontline Donetsk region, Ukraine May 25, 2023. Ukraine struck oil pipeline installations deep inside Russia on Saturday with a series of drone attacks including on a station serving the vast Druzhba oil pipeline that sends Western Siberian crude to Europe, according to Russian media. Ukraine has not publicly acknowledged launching attacks against targets inside Russia. The Telegram channel Baza, which has good sources among Russia's security services, said the drones attacked a station serving the Druzhba pipeline. Russia's oil pipeline operator Transneft said earlier this month that a filling point on Druzhba in a Russian region bordering Ukraine had been attacked.

SummarySummary Companies Drones attack Druzhba pipeline infrastructure, Russian media sayDrones strike far inside RussiaOne killed in shelling near Ukraine borderRussian forces intercept British Storm Shadow missilesMOSCOW, May 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine struck oil pipeline installations deep inside Russia on Saturday with a series of drone attacks including on a station serving the Druzhba pipeline, while shelling from Ukraine killed at least two, Russian officials and media said. Ukraine has not publicly acknowledged launching attacks against targets inside Russia. The Telegram channel Baza, which has good sources among Russia's security services, said the drones attacked a station serving the Druzhba pipeline. Russia's oil pipeline operator Transneft (TRNF_p.MM) said earlier this month that a filling point on Druzhba in a Russian region bordering Ukraine had been attacked. Kyiv officials have previously said that Western-supplied weapons would be used exclusively against Russian forces inside Ukraine.

☆ Russia's brash invasion plan for Ukraine wasted special-operations units on missions they weren't meant to do
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Russia's invasion also struggled because of flaws in its planning for the operation. "The lack of effective line infantry units caused Spetsnaz units to be deployed mostly as light infantry, which also led to a high level of casualties among these units. It details not only structural flaws but also the tactical misuse of Russian special forces during the invasion itself. When the airborne assault on Kyiv failed and the tank columns stalled, the special forces were left adrift. Russian commanders then sent Spetsnaz units in to operate like light infantry, which increased their casualties and left fewer Spetsnaz units available for their designated missions.

☆ The Russian military is offering up to 10x an average salary to fill its ranks depleted by Ukraine invasion casualties
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An investigation has found that Russia has been using a popular job website to entice war recruits. Some of the roles offer salaries 10x the average Russian monthly salary of 63,060 rubles ($810). Military employers searching on the site included the 43rd Regiment of the Russian Guard and the contractual recruitment office for military service in Tver Oblast and the Kemerovo and Novgorod regions. Last month, the Russian military launched a video campaign to lure more soldiers into fighting in Ukraine. The Russian military has consistently hinted at the possibility of a second mass mobilization, with one expected at the beginning of the year and another in April.

☆ „Principalul lucru e să ai cu tine pașaportul, rucsacul și capul pe umeri”. Care sunt regulile de urmat ale unei călătorii libere
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Jardan Cristian | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +13 min

E o dependență – cu cât mai puține trenuri sunt, cu atât mai puțini și vânzători. O călătorie lungă de la Moscova la Vladivostok nici nu-ți vine în minte. Cât privește rutele, ei bine, Rusia e o țară mare. Mii de tinerii activi ajung pe jos în Libia pentru a se urca într-o barcă și a ajunge în Europa. Iar dacă țara este scumpă, atunci e mai bine să gătești singur – acolo unde dormi.

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