The rivalry between Yevgeny Prigozhin, the then-head of the Wagner Group, and Sergei Shoigu, a member of the leadership of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence, began in 2022 during the Russian
Yevgeny Prigozhin
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Wagner Group rebellion
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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 h
Wagner Group–Russian Ministry of Defence conflict
…the leadership of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence (MoD), began in 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine which ultimately led to the Wagner Group rebellion on 23 and 24 June 2023. According to United States officials, there were longstanding disputes between Prigozhin and Shoigu "for years" prior to the…
A graveyard for dead Wagner fighters in Tyumen, Russia. Prigozhin claimed the Ministry of Defence's mismanagement led to tens of thousands of Wagner deaths in Bakhmut.
A crowd in Rostov-on-Don watching a Wagner tank with flowers sticking out of its muzzle
Yunus-bek Yevkurov in 2024