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DNA testing shows that all those listed on the flight manifest were indeed on board, the Investigative Committee has said

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.

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.

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?

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.

At least 10 people died in the crash of a Wagner-linked private plane outside Moscow, according to Russia’s emergency services. Yevgeniy Prighozin, who led a failed mutiny in June, was on the plane’s manifest, according to a state-run outlet.

Russia has been in a race with India to become the first country to land a rover on the moon’s unexplored south pole.

Moscow (AFP) – Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly fifty years. 

The opposition leader, President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, was charged with inciting and funding extremism