The leader of the Wagner mercenary group is leaving Russia for Belarus, after striking a deal with President Vladimir Putin to end the mutiny. Yevgeny Prigozhin was cheered by supporters as he left the southern city of Rostov on don. Under the agreement, both Prigozhin and his fighters will be spared prosecution and the troops have been instructed to return to their bases. Is the crisis really over? How will it affect the war in Ukraine? And what’s the future for the Wagner group? Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault Guests: Sergei Markov – Director of the Institute of Political Studies in Moscow. He is the former public spokesman for President Putin […]
A revolt by the Wagner force in Russia poses a diplomatic quandary for Mali and Central African Republic (CAR), where forces from the mercenary group have played an increasingly central role in long-running internal conflicts. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque joins us live from neighbouring Senegal to discuss this. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Mali #CentralAfricanRepublic #Russia #YevgenyPrigozhin #WagnerGroup #WagnerMutiny #AlJazeeraEnglish
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin ordered his mercenaries to halt their march on Moscow to avoid “shedding Russian blood” and agreed to live in exile in Belarus – ending one of the biggest challenges to President Vladimir Putin’s decades-long rule. Prigozhin said while his men were just 200km (120 miles) from the Russian capital, he decided on Saturday to turn them back to prevent killings. “They wanted to disband the Wagner military company. We embarked on a march of justice on June 23. Now, the moment has come when blood could be spilled,” said Prigozhin in an audio message. “Understanding responsibility [for the chance] that Russian blood will be spilled on […]
Al Jazeera’s Dmitry Medvedenko now takes a closer look at the Wagner group and the man behind it all. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Russia #Wagner #Prigozhin #military
The Wagner Group and its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin provide guns for hire in a murky global operation with links to Putin and the Russian state. #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains who they are, what they do and why the war in Ukraine has shifted things. Check out our other Start Here episodes https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #WagnerGroup #Prigozhin #UkraineWar #Ukraine #Russia #StartHere #AljazeeraEnglish
Ukraine and Russia are locked in an information war as well as a deadly struggle on the ground in Soledar, a salt mining town in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, at the end of the 46th week of the war. The Wagner Group’s mercenaries have been fighting to take Soledar for weeks in an apparent effort to encircle Bakhmut, 10km (four miles) to the south, which has been the focus of Russian offensive operations since September. The fighting there, and in Bakhmut, has led to some of the bloodiest battles of the war so far. Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler reports from Kyiv. Check out our other Vantage Point episodes https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe […]
