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YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2023
Wagner coup cost Russia suspiciously little money
If Vladimir Putin’s defense spending numbers are correct, it’s likely that Yevgeny Prigozhin overstated the size of his mercenary army.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 7, 2023
Wagner chief Prigozhin is in Russia, Belarus leader says
Prigozhin repeatedly accused the top brass of corruption and incompetence and cast the June 24 'march of justice' on Moscow as a protest against them.
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
WORLD
Jul 1, 2023
Putin’s bid to reassert Kremlin authority is showing cracks
Infighting spread within the security establishment as the Russian president moved on senior players thought to have supported the 24-hour mutiny by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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
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
WORLD
Jun 29, 2023
As Russia teetered, the elite trembled, and some private jets left
Fear triumphed over loyalty among some of Russia's elite as the Wagner mercenary group marched toward Moscow, and now some worry of becoming a target of Vladimir Putin's wrath.
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.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
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Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
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Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
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Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
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Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
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