Remarks by Nicolas Sarkozy have raised fears that Europe’s pro-Putin chorus may grow louder as Ukraine’s plodding counteroffensive puts pressure on Western resolve.

Theirs was a relationship borne out of the murky world where Russia's state security services mingled with the criminal underworld.

President Vladimir Putin has called on all employees of Wagner and other Russian private military contractors to take an oath of allegiance to the Russian state.

While Putin's spokesperson denied that he'd killed Prigozhin, a former Kremlin official told Insider that the rebellion made his death "inevitable."

Paramilitary group has an estimated 5,000 men and lucrative businesses across at least four African nations.

The very public death of Putin henchman Yevgeny Prigozhin highlights the evolution of Russia into a mafia state held together by violence and incapable of global leadership.

The Kremlin appears to be sending the signal that no degree of effectiveness can protect someone from punishment for disloyalty.

DNA tests are underway to identify deceased Wagner Group members as the Kremlin rejects Western claims it was culpable

The Kremlin also said it was impossible to say whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would attend the funeral of Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has spoken for the first time about the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash.

Preliminary findings suggest it wasn’t surface-to-air missile that took down Wagner leader’s plane

The Kremlin seems to be rid of a dangerous challenger. But at what price?

The West should stop talking about sending arms to Kiev and engage diplomatically with Moscow, the ex-French president has said

Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger in a fatal plane crash.

Russia is a country full of surprises.

The Wagner Group chief was traveling on board a private jet that crashed in Russia with no survivors

One of Russia's leading military figures, Gen Sergei Surovikin, has reportedly lost his job as air force chief after weeks of speculation about his disappearance from public view.

The public broadcast of police raids on Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin’s home and office are an obvious attack on the mercenary’s cherished reputation as a straight-talking patriot fighting against corruption – and, experts say, a warning to anyone else who might challenge President Vladimir Putin’s rule. 

Prigozhin’s press secretary declined to comment on the incident, Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak reported.

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia's civil aviation authority has said.