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A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin is installed at an informal memorial at a cafe owned by a Prigozhin's company in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment has found that the plane crash presumed to have killed Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was intentionally caused by an explosion.

Beltway Confidential

The consequences of defying Putin

Lucja Swiatkowski Cannon · August 27, 2023 5:10 pm

Russian authorities say DNA testing confirms Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death

Brady Knox · August 27, 2023 1:44 pm

In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023.

Belarusian president says he warned Prigozhin twice that his life was in danger

Zach Vasile · August 27, 2023 2:06 am

Reporter’s Notebook: Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin dies in plane crash

Washington Examiner Staff · August 26, 2023 4:00 pm

Beltway Confidential

Why Vivek Ramaswamy can’t use Ukraine to separate Russia from China

Tom Rogan · August 25, 2023 8:45 pm

Our nuclear weapon paradoxes

Mackubin Owens · August 25, 2023 9:33 am

The Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded definitively that Russia is using Iranian drones in its war in Ukraine. The DIA has set up an exhibit that includes a Shahed-131 UAV found in Iraq (right) that the Iranians took credit for and it matches the remnants of the same drones found in Ukraine (center). On the left is a different variation of the Shaheds, this is the Shahed-101, which hasn't been found in Ukraine but is another example of Tehran's drone program.

Russia’s use of Iranian drones demonstrates global, not regional, concern

Mike Brest · August 25, 2023 8:00 am

Prigozhin plane crash worsens Putin’s ‘prison culture’ of revenge

Joel Gehrke · August 25, 2023 7:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

The heartbreaking rationale for not paying ransom to free US hostages

Jamie McIntyre · August 25, 2023 5:00 am

Prigozhin’s murder reminds us of Putin’s nature

Washington Examiner · August 25, 2023 4:01 am

In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut.

Magazine - Obituary

Yevgeny Prigozhin, 1961-2023

Neil Hauer · August 25, 2023 2:02 am

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during a meeting.

Iran among six countries invited to join BRICS group in major expansion

Mike Brest · August 24, 2023 8:05 pm