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Three men have been convicted of committing an arson attack on a warehouse associated with Ukraine on behalf of the terrorist Wagner Group.

Arto Autio has been charged with fraud for his alleged involvement in a significant embezzlement scandal in Finland.

FUEL smuggling out of Libya is a billion-dollar business, but little is known about the scale of the maritime operation that routinely ferries refined petroleum products out of Libya.

Fuel smuggling out of Libya is a billion-dollar business, but there is little knowledge about the extent of the maritime operations that regularly transport refined petroleum products out of Libya.

Since the start of 2024, a total of 3,344 foreign nationals who went to fight in Ukraine have received Russian citizenship, according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Piotr Kucharski wore insignia for proscribed terror group on combat clothing at Suffolk Viking re-enactment

In early November, Sochi will host the inaugural Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum.

Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans who survived tours in Ukraine, Libya and Syria, according to interviews with relatives and a review of social media data.

Russia has effectively dismantled and replaced the Wagner Group in the year since the mercenaries shocked the world by launching a mutiny against President Vladimir Putin’s government, experts have told the BBC.

Yevgeny Prigozhin was confirmed dead after genetic tests were carried out on bodies found following a plane crash near Moscow, but footage has now emerged that seems to throw that into confusion

Ten people - including Wagner fighters and deputy Dmitry Utkin - are said to be among those who perished when the jet crashed into a field in the Tzer region near Moscow

Since the plane crash rumours have begun to swirl as who is responsible, with many believing it to be Putin in a revenge attack for Prigozhin's failed coup just two months ago

Yevgeny Prigozhin has been a dead man walking for two months since his so-called “march on Moscow” mutiny faltered - his death was inevitable after going too far for Vladimir Putin

Warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin is said to be among those who have perished, having reportedly been on Putin's 'kill list' following a failed coup against the Russian President

The mercenary leader, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, is presumed dead after a plane crash north of Moscow that killed all 10 on board

Yevgeny Prigozhin revealed last year he was behind the group of mercenaries known as the Wagner Group, whose very name has links to the Nazi party and Adolf Hitler

The Wagner boss and former ally of Vladimir Putin staged an armed revolt against the Kremlin regime back in June, but was later forced to abandon his plotted coup and go into hiding

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was seen shaking hands with the Ambassador of the Central African Republic during the Russia-Africa summit, which reportedly took place at a hotel in St. Petersburg

President Biden was giving a press conference on after capping off a trip in Europe to demonstrate the force of the international coalition against Russia's invasion of Ukraine when he made the chilling comments

Following their short-lived mutiny, Wagner's squad of war-hardened mercenaries were exiled to neighbouring Belarus, but Russia thinks they may now mount a follow-up attack at the already-battered Crimea Kerch Bridge

The British Ministry of Defence shared a statement detailing how the Kremlin has chosen to cancel its premier "MAKS" airshow, which is designed to show off the best of Russia's civil and military aircraft to drum up exports

Wagner group chef Yevgeny Prigozhin, who in 2018 was charged with conspiracy to defraud the US, was last seen getting into a car in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, as he and got a hero's welcome

Dr Patricia Lewis from the International Security Programme also responded to claims the mercenaries' uprising was staged with Putin in on it from the beginning

Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is Wagner Group chief, will move to Belarus under the agreement following his dramatic decision to call off the coup in Russia to avoid "shedding Russian blood"

Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is chef of Wagner Group, says he has ordered his mercenaries to halt their march on Moscow to avoid shedding Russian blood - in a dramatic U-turn following today's tense showdowns