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Russian servicemen guard an area standing in front of a tank in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Russia's security services have responded to mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's declaration of an armed rebellion by calling for his arrest. In a sign of how seriously the Kremlin took the threat, security was heightened in Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and other regions. (Vasily Deryugin, Kommersant Publishing House via AP)

Wagner Group chief calls off rebellion in Russia, troops stop advance on Moscow

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this grab taken from video and released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, June 23, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the outspoken millionaire head of the private military contractor Wagner, speaks during his interview at an unspecified location. Prigozhin, the millionaire owner of the Wagner Group military contractor, assailed the Russian military top brass, accusing it of downplaying the threat posed by the Ukrainian counteroffensive. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Wagner Group mercenary leader vows revenge after he says Russian military attacked his fighters

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Former member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group Andrey Medvedev, right, listens to his lawyer Brynjulf Risnes during a court hearing in Oslo, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Medvedev, who is seeking asylum in Norway, was Tuesday facing a Norwegian court for a bar brawl earlier this year. Medvedev has confessed to most of the charges for events in February and March but denies violence against police officers who handcuffed him outside an Oslo pub, the Norwegian news agency NTB said. (Gorm Kallestad/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Ex-Wagner Group member faces Norway court for bar brawl

Associated Press

In this handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, a Ka-52 helicopter gunship of the Russian air force fires rockets at a target at an unknown location in Ukraine. Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a key new phase in the coming weeks. With no suggestion of a negotiated end to the 13 months of fighting between Russia and Ukraine, a counteroffensive by Kyiv’s troops is in the cards. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Russian mercenary chief: Declare victory in Ukraine and get out

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery at Russian positions near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on Nov. 20, 2022. Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a key new phase in the coming weeks. With no suggestion of a negotiated end to the 13 months of fighting between Russia and Ukraine, a counteroffensive by Kyiv’s troops is in the cards. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) **FILE**

Russian troops seize hub of Ukraine’s turbulent Bakhmut

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Wagner Group by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Wagner Group must be designated as foreign terrorist organization

By Jim Petrila and Phil Wasielewski

In this handout photo taken from a video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the rogue millionaire who owns the Wagner Group, charged that it was destroying the best Ukrainian units in Bakhmut to prevent them from launching attacks elsewhere. But he also harshly criticized the Russian Defense Ministry for failing to provide his troops with ammunition. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Wagner Group forces may be shifting to Africa after clashes with Russian brass over Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this handout photo taken from a video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the rogue millionaire who owns the Wagner Group, charged that it was destroying the best Ukrainian units in Bakhmut to prevent them from launching attacks elsewhere. But he also harshly criticized the Russian Defense Ministry for failing to provide his troops with ammunition. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Wagner Group steps up recruitment efforts throughout Russia

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Ukrainian paratroopers of 80 Air Assault brigade rest inside a dugout at the frontline near Bakhmut, Ukraine, Friday, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

UK: Russian advance in Bakhmut could come with heavy losses

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

In this handout photo taken from a video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the rogue millionaire who owns the Wagner Group, charged that it was destroying the best Ukrainian units in Bakhmut to prevent them from launching attacks elsewhere. But he also harshly criticized the Russian Defense Ministry for failing to provide his troops with ammunition. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Wagner Group commander says his troops are in Bakhmut as fighting continues

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine. Prigozhin claimed that the forces left in Bakhmut consist of elderly people and teenagers, urging Zelenskyy to pull them back to prevent them from being slaughtered. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP)

Wagner Group leader: Russia will lose territory in Ukraine if Moscow relents

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, EU and Ukraine official pose for a photo during the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. War has been a catastrophe for Ukraine and a crisis for the globe. One year on, thousands of civilians are dead, and countless buildings have been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of troops have been killed or wounded on each side. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP, File)

EU slaps sanctions on top Russia officials, banks, trade

Associated Press

From left, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., call for legislation labeling the Russian Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. The three lawmakers, all members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, are heading to Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference amid fears of a new Russian offensive against Ukraine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators reintroduce bill to designate Russia’s Wagner Group as terrorist organization

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

This undated photograph handed out by French military shows three Russian mercenaries, right, in northern Mali. Russia's Wagner Group, a private military company led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a rogue millionaire with longtime links to Russia's President Vladimir Putin, has played a key role in the fighting in Ukraine and also deployed its personnel to Syria, Central African Republic, Libya and Mali. (French Army via AP, File)

Experts seek investigation of Wagner Group, Mali forces

Associated Press

Illustration on Putin, Ukraine and the Wagner Group by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Soldiers of misfortune: Putin’s Wagner Group isn’t playing

By Clifford D. May

A man is seen inside the "PMC Wagner Centre" ahead of its opening in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Oct. 31, 2022. A Russian man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, has sought asylum in Norway, authorities said Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Norway detains former top Wagner Group member seeking asylum

Associated Press

Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin attends the funeral of Dmitry Menshikov, a fighter of the Wagner group who died during a special operation in Ukraine, at the Beloostrovskoye cemetery outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. The fighting for Soledar and Bakhmut again highlighted a bitter rift between the top military brass and Yevgeny Prigozhin, a rogue millionaire whose Wagner Group military contractor has played an increasing role in Ukraine. (AP Photo, File)

Treasury to designate Wagner Group transnational criminal organization, impose sanctions

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

A man is seen inside the "PMC Wagner Centre" ahead of its opening in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Oct. 31, 2022. A Russian man who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, has sought asylum in Norway, authorities said Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Norway wants to talk to asylum-seeker from Wagner Group

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

FILE - Visitors wearing military camouflage stand at the entrance of the 'PMC Wagner Centre', which is associated with businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block during National Unity Day, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. The 61-year-old Prigozhin, who has expanded his assets from catering business to Wagner and then mining and other spheres, has scathingly criticized the top military brass for their blunders in Ukraine, charging that Wagner was much more efficient than regular troops. (AP Photo, File)

High-ranking Wagner Group member seeks asylum in Norway

Associated Press

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, left, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, around his factory which produces school meals, outside St. Petersburg, Russia on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. The fighting for Soledar and Bakhmut again highlighted a bitter rift between the top military brass and Yevgeny Prigozhin, a rogue millionaire whose Wagner Group military contractor has played an increasing role in Ukraine. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Shadowy Putin confidant, soldiers-for-hire grab spotlight in Ukraine battle

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times