Vladimir Putin

The Wagner Group will take revenge for the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, masked men have declared in a chilling new video. The head of the mercenary group is thought to have been killed after his jet crashed in the Tver region of Russia. Foul…
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Vladimir Putin has broken his silence over Yevgeny Prigozhin's reported death - some 24 hours after the Wagner chief's private jet crashed. Russia's president said the head of the mercenary group was a "talented person" who "made serious…
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Russian authorities have detained outspoken pro-war blogger Igor Girkin, a hardline nationalist critic of Russia's flagging military campaign in Ukraine, also known as Strelkov.
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Any attempt to arrest Vladimir Putin when he visits South Africa would be a declaration of war against Russia, the country's president says. Cyril Ramaphosa made the warning with weeks to go before an international meeting happens in…
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Wagner mercenary group head Yevgeny Prigozhin has rejected an offer to his fighters to serve as a unit in Russia's army, President Vladimir Putin says.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin after the failed Wagner group mutiny last month, the Kremlin says. Prigozhin, who heads the mercenary group, was among 35 Wagner commanders invited to the meeting in…
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The drama over the border in Russia has hardened the view in Kyiv that Mr Putin's time as Russia's president is coming to an end. "I think the countdown has started," said Andriy Yermak, President Zelensky's closest adviser.
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In a short speech full of vitriol, Mr Putin vowed to bring the organisers of the revolt "to justice". But he called regular Wagner troops "patriots" who would be allowed to join the army, go to Belarus or return home. He did not directly…
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The boss of Russia's Wagner group has said on his Telegram channel that he has agreed to "stop" the advancement of his troops towards Moscow.
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South Africa plans to change its law so that it has the power to decide whether or not to arrest a leader wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), a deputy minister has told the BBC. Obed Bapela's remarks come amid intense…
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