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CIA Director William Burns called the short-lived Russian mercenary rebellion “a vivid reminder of the corrosive effect” of Putin’s regime. Burns is pictured testifying at a House Select Committee on Intelligence annual open hearing…
The U.S. Treasury Department this week designated the Wagner Group a significant transnational criminal organization — part of an effort to crack down on an entity responsible for a growing number of atrocities in Ukraine.The Wagner Group — a private military company owned by Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin — first took to the battlefield during…
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. KYIV — The war of words between Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Russian defense ministry escalated on Friday, with the paramilitary group’s financier filming himself raging at Moscow and threatening to pull out of the key battleground town of Bakhmut. In a statement published…
Why did the second plane of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin head for Azerbaijani capital Baku, ask Azerbaijani media. One of Prigozhin’s Embraer ERJ-135bj Legacy 650 planes went to Baku on Thursday. This is evidenced by flight tracking service Flightradar, according to which, this plane left Moscow at 3:30pm and landed in Baku at 7:04pm. Russian…
The U.S. will designate the Russian mercenary Wagner Group as a “significant transnational criminal organization” and impose further sanctions against the organization and its support network next week, the White House said Friday. “These actions recognize the transcontinental threat that Wagner poses, including through its ongoing pattern of serious…
The Wagner Group, Russia’s notorious private military company accused of war crimes and identified as a “significant transnational criminal organization” by the U.S. Treasury Department, may be trying to recruit American veterans as mercenaries. A video being shared on social media is purportedly a Wagner recruiting commercial that targets U.S. military…
09/06/2023September 6, 2023US Secretary of State Antony Blinken makes a surprise visit to Kyiv and is expected to announce a new aid package for Ukraine.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday made an unannounced visit to Kyiv where he is expected to announce a new aid package worth more than $1 billion (€930 million). The Reuters news agency…
The Wagner Group isn’t just active in Ukraine. It also has a presence in many other countries, including Syria or Mali. And it’s not the only Russian private military company either. Over the past few years, there has been an increase in these kinds of groups, also known as PMCs, in Russia, a report from the US-based think tank, the Center for Strategic…
For years, it was shrouded in secrecy, then infamy, and after claims of a “rebellion” in Russia in June, questions about the notorious Wagner Group and the intentions of its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin — who Russian officials said was killed in an airplane crash Aug. 24 — were swirling.The group has been a key piece of Russia’s strategy in Ukraine, with…
Authorities share new details about the gunman and the victims of an apparent race-motivated shooting in Florida. Russia confirms the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin. And Vivek Ramaswamy says he would have certified Biden’s victory on Jan. 6, 2021.Here’s the biggest news you missed this weekend.Jacksonville shooter is identified Authorities on Sunday named…
A retired deputy police chief spoke to 2News about why the Utah County Attorney opened an investigation into the officer-involved fatal shooting of a Provo man. The Utah County Attorney’s Office announced they have opened an investigation into the FBI shooting that resulted in the death of a Provo man to determine if the shooting death was justified….
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Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan held meetings at the headquarters of the US Central Intelligence Agency, APA reports citing the Facebook page of the Armenian Secretary of the Security Council. “During my visit to Washington, I had business meetings at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley,” Grigoryan…
South Caucasus in the Russian geopolitical context Resource constraints currently prevent Russia from playing a dominant role in the South Caucasus, and Moscow is in process of defining its interests in the new reality in the region. Such is the conclusion of the South Caucasus analytical center, located in Baku. Azerbaijani experts believe that…
Germany’s spy agencies should be more like GCHQ, say ex-spy chiefs who complain of ‘sprawling bureaucracy’ Daily Mail
FBI Launches Search For Convicted Proud Boy Who Disappeared … Forbes
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — In a secluded stairwell at CIA headquarters last year, officer trainee Ashkan Bayatpour came up behind a colleague, wrapped a scarf around her neck and plainly spoke as he tried to kiss her on the mouth.“There are many uses for this,” the woman recalls him saying. “This is what I want to do to you.”Bayatpour was convicted Wednesday…
CIA stairwell attack among flood of sexual misconduct complaints at spy agency WYMT
Americans are constantly debating policing and gun control. But to discuss these issues, we have to depend on government crime data. Unfortunately, politics has infected the data handling of agencies such as the FBI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year, the CDC became the center of controversy when it removed its estimates…
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