Along with their continuing activities in Africa, several thousand Wagner mercenaries have moved to Belarus after an armed rebellion led by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/russias-wagner-mercenaries-face-uncertainty-after-the-presumed-death-of-its-leader-in-a-plane/article_90d28096-3543-5337-a2b6-19637214a8a0.html

Although US officials have said that the group, which has a significant presence in Africa, did not have a role in instigating the coup, its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has already sought to exploit the situation.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/08/08/acting-us-deputy-secretary-of-state-meets-with-military-junta-leader-in-niger/

A newly-released video of Yevgeny Prigozhin purports to show the Wagner group boss in Africa addressing rumours about his well-being and threats to his life, just days before his death, according to a media report.

Source: https://southasiandaily.com/wagner-boss-yevgeny-prigozhin-spoke-of-threats-to-his-life-days-before-death/

A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin lays at an informal memorial next to the former PMC Wagner Centre in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, August 24, 2023.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/08/25/us-intel-indicates-intentional-blast-brought-down-wagner-chiefs-plane/

A Telegram channel associated with the paramilitary Wagner Group, the ‘Grey Zone’, has that Yevgeny Prigozhin was indeed killed in a plane crash outside Moscow on Wednesday.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/08/23/wagner-boss-prigozhin-killed-in-private-jet-crash-north-of-moscow-says-russian-state-media/

At memorials to Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in an unexplained plane crash exactly 40 days ago, dozens of mourners hailed the mutinous mercenary chief as a patriotic hero of Russia who had spoken to truth to power.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/10/01/mourners-hail-dead-russian-mercenary-prigozhin-as-hero-of-the-people/

Belarus's dictator Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that he talked Vladimir Putin out of executing Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin for his uprising against the Kremlin.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1786085/I-stopped-Putin-executing-Wagner-leader-claims-Belarus-dictator

But Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Wagner whose fighters have spearheaded Russia’s advance on Bakhmut, insisted there were no Ukrainian troops there.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1772510/zelensky-says-bakhmut-not-occupied-by-russia

During a segment of questions on foreign policy, Haley touted her credentials as the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and slammed Vladimir Putin for the crash of a plane where Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12439265/Republican-rivals-face-Donald-ducks-Ron-DeSantis-Vivek-Ramaswamy-rest-GOP-field-stage-DEBATE-Milwaukee-without-frontrunner-Trump.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Eight bodies were found at the crash site of a private jet on which Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger, Russian state news agency RIA have reported.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12438001/Prigozhin-plane-crash-latest-Wagner-chief-feared-dead-private-jet-plunges-two-months-mutiny.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Gen. Syrsky said that the fighting had effectively exhausted the Russian mercenary group, Wagner, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/world/europe/russia-bakhmut-scorched-earth-ukraine.html

His private army is pushing hard to give Russia a battlefield win in Ukraine, but mounting evidence suggests the Kremlin has moved to curb what it sees as the excessive political clout of Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/02/14/world/russian-mercenary-boss-prigozhin/

It threatens the U.S. In 2018, the U.S. requested, and got, an Interpol Red Notice to try to apprehend Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Putin crony and the founder of Russia’s notorious mercenary Wagner Group.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/01/24/interpol-russias-dirty-work-00078769

Lt-Col Roman Venevitin, a former commander of 's 72nd brigade, made the startling claim that Delimkhanov had been targeted because enemy intelligence had gotten information about his locations through pro-Putin Wagner mercenaries led by Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1781045/Wagner-mercenary-Ukraine-attack-Russian-MP

Medvedev said he reported directly to the group's founders, Dmitry Utkin and Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/world/ukraine-russia-war-former-wagner-commander-describes-brutality-and-incompetence-frontline/d9d66670-ba9e-4496-8021-69ed7c965bf9

Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, after turning his troops against Moscow and vowing to unseat Russian president Vladimir Putin, has changed his mind after a call with Belorusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2023/08/23/that-rebellious-wagner-bosss-airplane-has-fallen-out-a-window.html

Moscow is to bring in "anti-terrorist" measures as Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin attempts to oust 's defence secretary.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1783991/russia-live-moscow-alert-coup-putin-prigozhin

MOSCOW — Russia’s Wagner group of mercenaries has taken full control of the Ukrainian village of Berkhivka, a village on the outskirts of Bakhmut, Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Friday.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1734615/russias-wagner-claims-control-of-ukrainian-village-near-bakhmut

Mr Putin described Yevgeny Prigozhin as ‘a man of difficult fate’ who had ‘made serious mistakes in life’.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/world-news/2023/08/24/putin-breaks-silence-following-plane-crash-involving-wagner-chief-prigozhin/

'Now Yevgeny Prigozhin has been added to that list, ending Putin's humiliation.'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12438001/Prigozhin-plane-crash-latest-Wagner-chief-feared-dead-private-jet-plunges-two-months-mutiny.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490