This undated photograph released in April 2022 by France's military shows Russian mercenaries boarding a helicopter in northern Mali. French Army/AP hide caption
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A member of the Wagner Group pays tribute to its former leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. VLADIMIR NIKOLAYEV/Getty Images hide caption
A new report focuses on Wagner's operations in Sudan, Mali and the Central African Republic. Vladimir Nikolayev/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
How 'blood gold' from Africa is funding Russia's war on Ukraine
In this image taken from video, smoke rises from the crash of a private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver region of Russia, on Aug. 23. Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, and his top lieutenants were among the 10 people killed in the crash northwest of the Russian capital. AP hide caption
A portrait of the late owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin sits at an informal memorial next to the former the group's headquarters in St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 24. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP hide caption
A portrait of Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen among flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Wagner Group headquarters in St. Petersburg, Friday. Prigozhin and other members of the mercenary company are believed to have died in a plane crash in Russia. Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A view of the site after a jet crashed in Russia's northwestern Tver region on Aug. 23. Russian authorities say Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was among those on the flight manifest. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to families of those killed in the crash. He noted Wagner members were reportedly on board and spoke warmly of his relationship with Prigozhin in the past tense. Wagner Telegram Account/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
What we know — and don't — about the Russian crash that possibly killed Prigozhin
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, looks from a military vehicle leaving an area of the HQ of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24. AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday. Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko says that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia. Lukashenko is seen here at his residence, the Independence Palace, in the capital Minsk on Thursday. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A Ukrainian serviceman of the 3rd Assault Brigade prepares to fire a mortar toward Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday. Alex Babenko/AP hide caption
Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation in Moscow on June 26. Gavriil Grigorov/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on television in St. Petersburg, Russia, addressing his nation in connection with the Wagner Group rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Anti-war Russians watched the Wagner mutiny from Turkey, and worry about what's next
Members of the Wagner Group sit atop of a tank in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Saturday. President Vladimir Putin said an armed mutiny by Wagner mercenaries was a "stab in the back" and that the group's chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had betrayed Russia. Prigozhin later called off his group's action and the Kremlin said he would go to Belarus. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Members of Wagner Group stand on the balcony of a building in the city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday. Roman Romokhov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Members of Wagner Group inspect a car in a street of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Saturday. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, seen on a laptop screen, makes a statement in Moscow on Saturday as Wagner Group forces stage a rebellion. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine. Prigozhin Press Service via AP hide caption
Ukrainian military personnel receive training on German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks at a Spanish army training center in Zaragoza, Spain, on Monday. Oscar del Pozo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin attends a meeting with investors at the Eastern Economic Forum on Sept. 2, 2016, in Vladivostok, Russia. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images hide caption
Yevgeny Prigozhin, 'Putin's Chef,' has emerged from the shadows with his Wagner Group
A poster displays a Russian soldier with a slogan reading "Glory to the Heroes of Russia." Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
How a former caterer created the mercenary army fighting Putin's war in Ukraine
A man plays violin on the sidelines of a religious service held by local residents in front of an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Sunday. The building was destroyed by a Russian missile strike on Jan. 14. Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In a move that experts say is a key shift for Russia, the Kremlin has named General Valery Gerasimov as the new overall commander of the war in Ukraine. Mikhail Kuravlev/AP hide caption
Ukrainian soldiers on their positions in the frontline near Soledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. LIBKOS/AP hide caption