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Who’s Who Among Russia’s Mercenary Companies

Never one to mince words, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the brash founder of the notorious Russian mercenary company Wagner Group, offered the latest in a series of often profane criticism of Russian military commanders in a video published on May 9. Prigzohin complained about supplies of ammunition to his fighters, who have …

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Fighting Appears to End In Russia’s Belgorod After Cross-Border Incursion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited troops on the front line in the eastern Donetsk region as fighting appeared to cease around Russia’s Belgorod region a day after armed fighters from inside Ukraine launched one of the largest cross-border incursions since the start of the war. The Russian Defense Ministry on …

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Jihadi Groups Around The World Continue To Fundraise In Cryptocurrency For Their Activity – Part II: January 2020-May 2023

Introduction Since the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) published its seminal report The Coming Storm – Terrorists Using Cryptocurrency on August 21, 2019, the JTTM research team has continued to monitor jihadi use of cryptocurrency along with MEMRI’s Cyber & Jihad Lab (CJL), which focuses on jihadi use …

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