By Will Vernon BBC News, Moscow Reuters Russia is a country full of surprises. People here were shocked this summer after drones attacked the centre of Moscow on several occasions, causing explosions and damage to buildings. Then, the Russian rouble took an unexpected tumble – briefly tipping the dollar rate to over 100 roubles. Add…

Reuters By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent Ever since he led a mutinous march on Moscow in late June Yevgeny Prigozhin was described by Russia watchers as “a dead man walking”. Commenting recently on the mercenary boss’s life expectancy the CIA Director William Burns even said: “If I were Prigozhin I wouldn’t fire my food…

Russia’s aviation authority says that the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was on a plane that crashed in western Russia. BBC Analysis editor Ros Atkins takes a look at how Prigozhin went from incarceration in the 1980s to the leader of a recent coup.

Valencia’s late-morning tradition of “almuerzo” includes a giant sandwich, peanuts, beer and plenty of conviviality. It is 11:00 on a Tuesday at Bodega Casa Flor, a 130-year-old restaurant in the Cabanyal neighbourhood of Valencia City, Spain, and noise levels have reached a peak. Waiters zip around bearing huge paper-wrapped sandwiches to tables strewn with peanuts…

Reuters Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead after appearing on the passenger list of a private jet that crashed north of the Russian capital, Moscow. Prigozhin was a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his private military company has played a key role in Ukraine following Moscow’s invasion in February 2022.…

Reuters By Paul Kirby BBC News From the moment Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny in Russia collapsed in June there was always a sense that a man who had lived so close to the edge for so long had overplayed his hand. If he was on board his own private jet when it went down en route…

Video shared on social media appears to show the moment that a plane crashes in Kuzhenkino,Russia. According to state-owned Russian news agency, Tass, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane that crashed in the Tver region of Russia. BBC Verify has been able to confirm the location as…

Getty Images By Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent @awzurcher Donald Trump is not just skipping the first Republican primary debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, he is actively counter-programming it. The former president sat down for a pre-recorded interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that will be streamed on X, the social media…

ReutersCopyright: Reuters Yevgeny Prigozhin is the head of the Wagner mercenary group, which he established in 2014. A wealthy businessman with a criminal record, he was known as “Putin’s chef” because he provided catering for the Kremlin. In June he led his troops on a short-lived mutiny, after they seized control of the southern Russian…

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia, with nine other people on board also dead This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App.…