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WAGNER GROUP

Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 4, 2023
Prigozhin’s public support remains significant, polls show
Prigozhin’s short lived-rebellion, which he called off within hours, had posed the most dramatic challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s leadership in his two decades in power.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2023
Vladimir Putin is weakened — but his system isn’t
Russia’s predatory system of bureaucrats, officers, managers and media personalities won’t object to change at the top — as long as they can count on getting fed.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2023
Failed mercenary mutiny exposes Putin’s weakness
After the Wagner mutiny, Vladimir Putin's position is now in question and he no longer knows who he can trust.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 30, 2023
Top Russian general Surovikin quizzed over mutiny challenging Putin’s rule
The general is being kept in one place but isn’t in prison, and investigators are treating him cautiously to avoid antagonizing others within the military, according to a source.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 30, 2023
Wagner’s exit from Ukraine won’t radically alter the war’s course
Ukraine confirmed on Wednesday that Wagner troops were no longer fighting at the front, replaced by a mix of paratroopers and inexperienced regular troops.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 30, 2023
Russians’ support for peace talks with Ukraine grows after unrest, poll shows
The share of respondents backing negotiations increased by eight percentage points to 53% from a month earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 30, 2023
Eastern Europe sounds warning on Wagner mercenaries in Belarus
Latvia’s prime minister, Krisjanis Karins, said the presence of Wagner in neighboring Belarus posed an urgent threat of 'infiltration” into the European Union.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 29, 2023
Failed Russia mutiny offers China valuable lesson on military missions
The recent mutiny in Russia could make Chinese leader Xi Jinping think twice about launching a war in the Taiwan Strait or elsewhere.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2023
The return of the warlords
China's collective memory of its own warlords is one reason why the country's leaders are determined to keep military force firmly under the control of the ruling Communist Party.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 28, 2023
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko feted in Russia after mutiny role
It was Lukashenko, according to his own narrative and Putin, who played a major role in ending the Wagner mutiny that threatened to destabilize the world's largest nuclear power.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2023
Russian general knew about mercenary chief’s rebellion plans, U.S. officials say
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner, may have believed he had support in Russia’s military.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2023
Twenty-four hours that shook the Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to the rebellion by Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was hardly that of a powerful leader or even a skilled tactician.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 27, 2023
U.S. denies any role in Russia uprising as allies watch and wait
In his first public comments about the matter, U.S. President Joe Biden said it was still too soon to make any conclusions about the revolt by Wagner Group mercenaries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 27, 2023
Putin blasts Wagner ‘traitors’ in first speech to nation after dramatic mutiny
The Russian president spoke hours after Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said he wasn’t trying to oust Putin but would maintain his mercenary company despite official efforts to shut it down.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 26, 2023
Russia tries to portray return to order after Wagner mutiny
The Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had spoken to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi by phone and had received Tehran's 'full support' in connection with the mutiny.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 26, 2023
One big winner of Kremlin-Wagner clash? The dictator next door.
Alexander Lukashenko is trying to use a PR victory to burnish his credentials as a credible statesman, mediator — and above all, loyal ally to Putin.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 26, 2023
Putin faces historic threat to absolute grip on power in Russia
U.S. and European officials have privately described a recent 24-hour uprising as an unprecedented challenge to the 70-year-old president’s control.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 25, 2023
Russia mercenary threat revives concern over nuclear arsenal security
Images of tanks on Russian streets brought to mind the failed 1991 coup by communist hardliners that raised concerns about the security of the Soviet nuclear arsenal.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 25, 2023
Rebel Russian mercenaries turn back short of Moscow 'to avoid bloodshed'
The move, which de-escalated a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin's grip on power, will see the Wagner Group fighters move to Belarus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 25, 2023
As Putin’s trusted partner, Prigozhin was always willing to do the dirty work
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary leader of the Wagner Group, had earned the trust of Vladimir Putin. Then he staged a mutiny that rattled the Kremlin.

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