The conflict between Russian regular forces and the Wagner group, a private military company, has escalated with the capture of a lieutenant colonel from Putin’s army by Wagner mercenaries. In a humiliating video, the captured colonel confessed to shooting at a Wagner vehicle while intoxicated, citing personal animosity. This incident underscores the deepening rift within Russian ranks, with... 

Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev offered a $15 million bounty to kill Italy’s defence minister Guido Crosetto, a newspaper is claiming. Italian Il Foglio newspaper said the country’s intelligence service intercepted an order from Medvedev – a former Kremlin president – to private military company Wagner. Medvedev – deputy head of Russia’s powerful... 

The Russian soldier Andrej Medvedev, who sought asylum in Norway, was arrested on Wednesday night after he participated in a fight outside a pub in Oslo, Norwegian TV2 reports. Medvedev sought asylum in Norway and said he was prepared to testify against the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, also known as “Putin’s chef”. But after a pub fight this week, he ended up in... 

Afghan commandos who had been trained by Allied forces to fight the Taliban are now being recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine. Up to 30,000 members of the elite National Army Commando Corps were abandoned by the West when the country fell to the hardline Islamist group last year. Now, the US-trained light infantry force that fought side by side with allied troops for nearly 20 years could be joining...