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In this image taken from video released by Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel on Aug. 21, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company speaks to a camera at an unknown location. Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. (Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel via AP, File)

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

This image released by Ostorozhno Novosti on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, shows the crash site of a private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver Region. Officials say a private jet has crashed over Russia, killing all 10 people on board. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, but it wasn't immediately clear if he was on board. (Ostorozhno Novosti via AP)

Mercenary chief Prigozhin is presumed to have died in a plane crash seen as the Kremlin’s revenge

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A fighter of the Wagner private military force places flowers at an informal memorial next to the former "PMC Wagner Centre" in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants were presumed dead in a plane crash. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Wagner Group members vow revenge for death of mercenary army founder Prigozhin

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Yevgeny Prigozhin, top, serves food to then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at Prigozhin's restaurant outside Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 11, 2011. Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. (AP Photo/File)

Wagner mercenary leader, Russian mutineer, ‘Putin’s chef’: The many sides of Yevgeny Prigozhin

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In this handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, June 24, 2023, the top Russian military commander in Ukraine, Gen. Sergei Surovikin records his appeal to armed rebellion at the unknown location. Gen. Surovikin, a former commander of Russia's forces in Ukraine who was linked to the leader of an armed rebellion, has been dismissed from his job as chief of the air force, according to Russian state media. The report Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, came after weeks of uncertainty about his fate following the short-lived uprising.(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

A top Russian general linked to the head of a rebellious mercenary group is reportedly dismissed

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In this image taken from video released by Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company speaks to a camera at an unknown location. (Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel via AP)

Private jet crash in Russia kills 10; Wagner chief Prigozhin was on passenger list

By Dasha Litvinova Tallinn - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, looks from a military vehicle leaving an area of the HQ of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023. Putin recounted to Kommersant his own version of a Kremlin event attended by 35 Wagner commanders, including the group's chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, on June 29. That meeting came just five days after Prigozhin and his troops staged a stunning but short-lived rebellion against Moscow authorities. (AP Photo, File)

Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin, who led abortive coup, thought to be on crashed private jet

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video released by Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company speaks to a camera at an unknown location. (Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel via AP)

Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said to be recruiting Wagner ‘strongmen’ for Africa

By Emma Burrows - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, looks from a military vehicle leaving an area of the HQ of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023. Putin recounted to Kommersant his own version of a Kremlin event attended by 35 Wagner commanders, including the group's chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, on June 29. That meeting came just five days after Prigozhin and his troops staged a stunning but short-lived rebellion against Moscow authorities. (AP Photo, File)

Video appears to show Russian mercenary chief Prigozhin for first time since short-lived mutiny

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Russian President Vladimir Putin answers journalists' questions about the grain deal in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says he offered Wagner mercenaries the option to keep operating as a single unit

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In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Russia’s rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it’s still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the brief uprising against the military or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Russia’s Defense Ministry says Wagner mercenaries are surrendering their weapons to the military

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Russia's war in Ukraine will top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts hold a summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius over two days starting on Tuesday, July 11. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Putin and Wagner Group founder said to hold meeting after aborted rebellion

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks with Chief of the General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov, left, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, after a meeting with senior military officers in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Russia’s rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it’s still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the brief uprising against the military or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Armed rebellion by Wagner chief Prigozhin underscores erosion of Russian legal system

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

In this handout image taken from a video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, May 5, 2023, the head of Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin stands in front of multiple bodies lying on the ground in an unknown location. A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising remain shrouded in mystery. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Biden to send cluster bombs to Ukraine as coup leader reportedly returns to Russia

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with foreign correspondents, in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Belarus says Wagner chief who staged mutiny is in Russia, raising questions about Kremlin’s strategy

By Anna Frants - Associated Press

Illustration on Yevgeny Prigozhin by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The rise and fall of Putin’s warlord, Yevgeny Prigozhin

By Clifford D. May

In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Many observers argue that mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin wouldn't have been able to take over military facilities in southern Russia so easily and mount his rapid march on Moscow without collusion with some members of the military brass. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Russian media watchdog blacklists outlets linked to Wagner mercenary chief

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FILE - Russian army servicemen, and police officers guard the highway at the entrance to Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising remain shrouded in mystery. (AP Photo, File)

A week after an armed rebellion rattled Russia, key details about it are still shrouded in mystery

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, right, sits inside a military vehicle posing for a selfie photo with a local civilian on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area of the headquarters of the Southern Military District. Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin incited a rebellion against Russia's military leaders and marched with his troops toward Moscow but aborted his mutiny when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko brokered an agreement that included exile for the warlord in Belarus. (AP Photo, File)

Recapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

The top Russian military commander in Ukraine, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, left, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, attend the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the joint staff of troops involved in Russia's military operation in Ukraine, at an unknown location, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. While denouncing most senior military leaders, Prigozhin, the maverick millionaire head of the private military contractor Wagner, spoke approvingly about Gen. Sergei Surovikin, who led Russian forces in Ukraine for several months in the fall before Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed the chief of the military's General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, to oversee the operations. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

U.S. officials said Russian general knew of Wagner Group leader’s rebellion ahead of time: Report

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times