The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government.

Wagner Group

Russian private military company

The Wagner Group, officially known as PMC Wagner, is a Russian state-funded private military company (PMC) controlled until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally of Russia's president Vladimir Putin, and since then by Pavel Prigozhin. The Wagner Group has used…

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Russian oligarch and mercenary leader (1961–2023)

Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin was a Russian mercenary leader and oligarch. He led the Wagner Group, a private military company, and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until launching a rebellion in June 2023. Prigozhin was sometimes referred to as "Putin's…

Wagner Group rebellion

2023 Russian factional conflict

On 23 June 2023, the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, staged an uprising against the Russian government. It marked the climax of the Wagner Group–Ministry of Defense conflict, which had begun about six months earlier. Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, who had…

Government of Russia

The Russian Government or fully titled the Government of the Russian Federation is the highest federal executive governmental body of the Russian Federation. It is accountable to the president of the Russian Federation and controlled by the State Duma.

June 24

Day of the year

June 24 is the 175th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 190 days remain until the end of the year.