A former convict-turned-restaurateur, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s humble origins gave way to an astonishing, if unlikely, ascent.

A local branch of Russia's ruling party in the Murmansk region has come under fire for gifting meat grinders to the mothers ...

This piece intends mapping out some key development vis-à-vis Kyiv war with Moscow and the broader Trans-Pacific alliance. But first, some hard facts about the realpolitik. With the interconnectedness ...

Elite military forces are often romanticized as the epitome of resilience, strength, and determination. But what exactly determines whether a soldier has what it takes to become a member of the U.S.

By early 2023, fatalities were dominated by prisoners recruited from jails and fighters from Wagner and other private military companies. In the war’s third year, the composition of Russia’s forces ...

while 376 suffered serious life-changing injuries from the outpouring of violence by the discharged soldiers who are officially seen as "heroes" and the "new elite" in Russia. In one case ...

The Mediazona data shows that in the first year of the invasion, most soldiers were from the regular Russian armed forces, including from elite divisions ... fighters from Wagner and other ...

and units in which soldiers served -- not only regular units, but also the now-defunct mercenary group Wagner and the military intelligence agency, known as the GRU. RFE/RL filtered and organized ...

"They encountered a group of Wagner mercenaries and some Malian soldiers who shot at them. In the first car, everyone died. My cousin too," they said, specifying that the passengers included ...

At the school, the masked former Wagner group fighter, codenamed “Raven”, posed with Ivan on stage for a photo. His comrade Yuri, a 39-year old soldier back from a mission near the Ukrainian ...