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'Exiled' Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin hails Niger coup, touts services
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‘Exiled’ Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin hails Niger coup, touts services

MOSCOW: Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who remains active despite leading a failed mutiny against the Russian army’s top brass last month, has hailed Niger‘s…

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Monitoring group says thousands of Wagner mercenaries have arrived in Belarus since failed uprising
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Monitoring group says thousands of Wagner mercenaries have arrived in Belarus since failed uprising

TALLINN: Thousands of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries have arrived in Belarus since the group’s short-lived rebellion, a military monitoring group said Monday. Between 3,450 and…

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Vladimir Putin hosts Lukashenko, says Ukraine counter-offensive has failed
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Vladimir Putin hosts Lukashenko, says Ukraine counter-offensive has failed

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine‘s counteroffensive “has failed” as he hosted Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, his close ally, for talks in St Petersburg on…

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Putin: Putin says Western weapons, support not helping Ukraine
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Putin: Putin says Western weapons, support not helping Ukraine

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Kyiv‘s counteroffensive, launched to push Russian troops back in the south and east of Ukraine, was failing…

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Russia's Wagner mercenaries launch joint training with Belarusian military near Polish border
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Russia’s Wagner mercenaries launch joint training with Belarusian military near Polish border

MOSCOW: Mercenaries from Russia‘s military company Wagner on Thursday launched joint drills with the Belarusian military near the border with Poland following their relocation to…

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Britain's MI6 chief says his spies are using AI to disrupt flow of weapons to Russia
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Britain’s MI6 chief says his spies are using AI to disrupt flow of weapons to Russia

PRAGUE: British spies are already using artificial intelligence to hamper the supply of weapons to Russia, the head of Britain’s MI6 agency said Wednesday, predicting…

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Britain's MI6 chief says his spies are using AI to disrupt flow of weapons to Russia
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Britain’s MI6 chief says his spies are using AI to disrupt flow of weapons to Russia

PRAGUE: British spies are already using artificial intelligence to hamper the supply of weapons to Russia, the head of Britain’s MI6 agency said Wednesday, predicting…

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Russia's Wagner fighters are training soldiers in Belarus
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Russia’s Wagner fighters are training soldiers in Belarus

MOSCOW: Fighters from Russia‘s Wagner mercenary group are training soldiers in Belarus, the Belarusian defence ministry said on Friday.The ministry released a video showing Wagner…

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Vladimir Putin: Putin says Russian mercenary group has no legal basis so 'doesn't exist' | World News
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Vladimir Putin: Putin says Russian mercenary group has no legal basis so ‘doesn’t exist’ | World News

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Wagner private military company ‘simply doesn’t exist’ as a legal entity, in comments adding to the series…

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Wagner: Wagner fighters neared Russian nuclear base during revolt
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Wagner: Wagner fighters neared Russian nuclear base during revolt

As rebellious Wagner forces drove north toward Moscow on June 24, a contingent of military vehicles diverted east on a highway in the direction of…

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