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What Happens Next with the Wagner Group?

The Wagner Group is hemorrhaging fighters on the battlefield in Ukraine while its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, continues to engage in very public verbal spats with Russian military leadership.Beyond his frustration with Moscow’s meat-grinder approach to the war, which has killed 30,000 Wagner mercenaries, Prigozhin may be trying to force the …

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Are Muslim Religious Conservatism And Political Islam Making A Comeback? – Analysis

Little did Elianu Hia know that a video he posted on Facebook in early 2021 would shape Indonesian policy and turn his life upside down. A Christian in a Muslim-majority nation, Mr. Hia objected to vocational school authorities in the West Sumatran city of Padang, obliging his daughter to wear …

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Is Wagner Chief Prigozhin ‘A Special Operation Inside A Special Operation’? – Analysis

For years the Kremlin-connected businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin operated largely in the shadows, amassing a fortune on government catering and other contracts while also quietly running a notorious “troll factory” in St. Petersburg that spearheaded Moscow’s efforts to influence foreign elections. But in recent months, as his ostensibly private Wagner mercenary …

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