Topic: Yevgeny Prigozhin

A screen grab captured from a video shared online shows Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian private security company Wagner, holding a rifle in a desert area while wearing camouflage in a video for the first time after his rebellion against the Russian administration in an unspecified location in Africa on August 21, 2023. (Wagner Account/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The downfall of France's African empire

Alfred McCoy - TomDispatch.com
A screen grab captured from a video shared online shows Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian private security company Wagner, speaking in a desert area while wearing camouflage in a video for the first time after his rebellion against the Russian administration in an unspecified location in Africa on August 21, 2023. (Wagner Account/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Russia: Prigozhin killed in plane crash

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Russian President Vladimir Putin | Destroyed Russian tank in the village of Bohorodychne, eastern Ukraine (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Putin's men and the rebellion in Russia

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump speaks onstage as Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo looks on.

Putin uses Trump in long con against US

Lucian K. Truscott IV