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  • Rise and fall of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin – from Putin 'coop' to plane crash

    08/23/2025 8:21:36 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 44 replies
    Daily Star UK ^ | 8/23/2025 | Steven White
    Two years ago today, a small plane exploded in mid-air over Russia and killed all 10 people on board, including the infamous Yevgeny Prigozhin. The 62-year-old billionaire was the head of a mercenary gang called the Wagner Group. His abrupt end, however, came just two months after his bold - some would say barmy - decision to march his team towards the Moscow in an act of utter defiance against Mad Vlad's authority. Formerly an ally of the Russian dictator, he went from being Putin's chef to public enemy number one of the Kremlin. Below we take a look at...
  • Empty gas stations, empty barracks: Russia’s silent defeat

    08/23/2025 6:56:17 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 88 replies
    Azernews ^ | 8/23/2025 | Qabil Ashirov
    It is a curious thing when a superpower begins to run out of the two things it needs most in war: fuel and men. Yet that is precisely what seems to be happening to Russia in Ukraine. After more than two years of fighting, Moscow’s once-vaunted war machine is showing unmistakable signs of exhaustion. When Russia launched its invasion in February 2022, it relied heavily on professional soldiers but the disastrous battles outside Kyiv and Kharkiv shattered that backbone. Thousands of seasoned fighters were lost, and the logistical chaos that followed forced Russia into an embarrassing retreat from northern Ukraine....