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  • 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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