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TopicYevgeny Prigozhin

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UK to declare Russia’s Wagner Group a terrorist organisation, calls it ‘violent & destructive’

Once declared, it will be illegal to be a member or support the organisation, and punishable by up to 14 years in jail.

Russia claims genetic tests confirm Wagner chief Prigozhin’s death in plane crash

Russia's aviation agency had previously published the names of all 10 people on board. This list included Prigozhin & Dmitry Utkin, his right-hand man who helped found the Wagner group.

How a poisoner’s handbook helped Vladimir Putin rise to absolute power

Throughout Putin's political career, dozens of powerful rivals have died—in circumstances far too opaque for Russian authorities to even trouble themselves with the pretence of an investigation.

‘An absolute lie’ — Russia refutes accusations that it killed Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin

Russian investigators have opened a probe into what happened, but have not yet said what they suspect caused the plane to suddenly fall from the sky northwest of Moscow.

Wagner chief Prigozhin’s presumed death removes one problem, may create new ones for Putin

Vladimir Putin promised a full investigation, but its outcome is unlikely to shake a widespread belief that Prigozhin was killed as an act of vengeance for staging a mutiny late June.

Presumed dead after plane crash, Wagner chief Prigozhin joins list of ill-fated Putin dissenters

From Oppn figure Alexei Navalny to businessman Boris Berezovsky & ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, many of Putin's critics have purportedly been targeted or died mysterious deaths.

How Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner chief now presumed dead, went from ‘Putin’s chef’ to ‘biggest threat’

Prigozhin was among the 10 people listed on the manifest of a private plane that went down north of Moscow Wednesday, leaving no survivors.

Villagers near site of Wagner chief Prigozhin plane crash hear bang, then see it plummet to ground

The plane crashed on Wednesday near Russia’s Kuzhenkino on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg and killed all 10 people on board – seven passengers and three crew members.

Russian mercenary chief Prigozhin posts first video since mutiny, suggests he is in Africa

In a Telegram video, Prigozhin speaks of making Russia greater on all continents & Africa more free. He is seen standing in a desert area in camouflage with a rifle in his hands.

Prigozhin set a precedent by forcing Putin to blink. It’s not lost on Russian elites

It can be argued that elements of virtually every one of Russia’s security services were complicit in Prigozhin's move – or at the very least apathetic to it.

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Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.