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...For oligarchs and corporations, setting up these military units is a way to demonstrate their fealty to the war effort, according to a former senior Russian official....
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...“Shoigu and Gerasimov are so bad in their jobs that it’s dangerous to Putin to leave them in place,” said Dara Massicot, a senior political scientist at the US-based Rand Corporation....
...Since 2020, he has worked for Good Judgment, a company that aggregates such forecasts for major corporations, investment managers and governments, and popularised the term....
...But many of the volunteer battalions fighting in Ukraine have maintained independence from the army, with the Wagner paramilitary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin often revelling in criticising the military...
...In this analysis of Wagenknecht’s prospects in the Politische Vierteljahresschrift, a political science journal, Sarah Wagner, Constantin Wurthmann and Jan Philipp Thomeczeck say their research shows that...
...Rachman Review — Wagner’s revolution was almost over before it began, but has it done lasting damage to Russia? Gideon Rachman talks to Edward Lucas, a man who has consistently got Russia right....
...The moves left BofA with more than $100bn in paper losses at the end of the first quarter, according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Read more on BofA’s blunder. 3....
...The dispensation allowed Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner mercenary group, to circumvent UK sanctions....
...The number includes regular Russian soldiers, fighters from pro-Russian militias and contractors from private military companies such as the Wagner Group....
...The listing of Digital World Acquisition Corporation got lost in the noise during the boom years, mostly for lack of a big name attached to the Spac....
...In another clip, he described how Wagner troops could spend days fighting just to win control over one house in the eastern town of Bakhmut....
...The organisation — also linked to the Wagner Group — has been involved in military campaigns in Syria and Ukraine....
...The letter from two of the most influential liberal lawmakers in Congress with oversight over Wall Street comes as the Fed, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of...
...The US accuses Prigozhin of bankrolling mercenary group Wagner — accusations he has long denied....
...Missiles Corporation and United Aircraft Corporation....
...(He knew the piece had been written to mark Wagner’s death — a timely reminder to BBC mandarins about the value of institutional memory.)...
...In testimony before the House financial services committee on Tuesday, Yellen faced criticism from Republican lawmakers who objected to raising taxes on corporations and wealthy households to pay for the...
...Thousands of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a company believed to be close to the Kremlin, have been fighting alongside his forces....
...But even before the formal announcement, state-owned National Oil Corporation said it would not lift force majeure on exports until these foreign militias had left oil installations....
...NOC, however, said it would not allow operations to resume at its oil crescent facilities until Wagner had left....
...It is a vast tome on the multi-dimensional effect of Wagner’s music on the world....
...“They are trying to keep markets stable and borrowing costs low for corporations and citizens.”...
...Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group, linked to the Kremlin, have been fighting alongside Gen Haftar’s forces....
...Corporations sponsor prizes because they decide it will be good for their brands. What exactly this means, of course, is anybody’s guess....
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