Wagner Group
The Wagner Group is a Russian mercenary force founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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The earliest story we hold is from Dec 13, 2021.
Stories involving Wagner Group1 named story in 2023
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- The Russia-Ukraine war: the invasion, the front line and the long-range strikesNov 3, 2021 – Nov 10, 2026 · 1,290 stories
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Week of Oct 30, 2023 - Nov 5, 2023: 1 left, 2 center, 3 right, 3% of the sources that published that week · 6 articles
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| Week | Left | Center | Right | Articles | Share |
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| Jan 16, 2023 - Jan 22, 2023 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 9% |
| Jan 23, 2023 - Jan 29, 2023 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 10% |
| Jan 30, 2023 - Feb 5, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 6, 2023 - Feb 12, 2023 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2% |
| Feb 13, 2023 - Feb 19, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 20, 2023 - Feb 26, 2023 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3% |
| Feb 27, 2023 - Mar 5, 2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3% |
| Mar 6, 2023 - Mar 12, 2023 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 60 | 15% |
| Mar 13, 2023 - Mar 19, 2023 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2% |
| Mar 20, 2023 - Mar 26, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 27, 2023 - Apr 2, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 3, 2023 - Apr 9, 2023 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 34 | 12% |
| Apr 10, 2023 - Apr 16, 2023 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 105 | 23% |
| Apr 17, 2023 - Apr 23, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 24, 2023 - Apr 30, 2023 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3% |
| May 1, 2023 - May 7, 2023 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 10% |
| May 8, 2023 - May 14, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 15, 2023 - May 21, 2023 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 86 | 18% |
| May 22, 2023 - May 28, 2023 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 105 | 17% |
| May 29, 2023 - Jun 4, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 5, 2023 - Jun 11, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 12, 2023 - Jun 18, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 19, 2023 - Jun 25, 2023 | 33 | 44 | 19 | 409 | 37% |
| Jun 26, 2023 - Jul 2, 2023 | 29 | 41 | 16 | 336 | 31% |
| Jul 3, 2023 - Jul 9, 2023 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 50 | 13% |
| Jul 10, 2023 - Jul 16, 2023 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 77 | 20% |
| Jul 17, 2023 - Jul 23, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jul 24, 2023 - Jul 30, 2023 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3% |
| Jul 31, 2023 - Aug 6, 2023 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 31 | 9% |
| Aug 7, 2023 - Aug 13, 2023 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2% |
| Aug 14, 2023 - Aug 20, 2023 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2% |
| Aug 21, 2023 - Aug 27, 2023 | 31 | 42 | 19 | 375 | 38% |
| Aug 28, 2023 - Sep 3, 2023 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 47 | 12% |
| Sep 4, 2023 - Sep 10, 2023 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4% |
| Sep 11, 2023 - Sep 17, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 18, 2023 - Sep 24, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 25, 2023 - Oct 1, 2023 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 6% |
| Oct 2, 2023 - Oct 8, 2023 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 8% |
| Oct 9, 2023 - Oct 15, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 16, 2023 - Oct 22, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 23, 2023 - Oct 29, 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Oct 30, 2023 - Nov 5, 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3% |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
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48 left · 61 center · 34 right: 143 sources on the spectrum, across 69 linked stories.
Everything else52 updates in 2023 not part of any story, newest first
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- Nov 2Russia’s Wagner group prepares to send Hezbollah weapons amid clashes with Israel, US says7 articles · 7 sources1 left, 2 center, 3 right
- Sep 6The UK Says It Will Declare Russia’s Wagner Mercenary Group a Banned Terrorist Organization12 articles · 12 sources1 left, 5 center, 3 right
- Aug 23Wagner’s boss Yevgeny Prigozhin on crashed plane: What to know99 articles · 68 sources19 left, 28 center, 14 right
- Aug 23– 30Kremlin says possible Prigozhin crash was ‘premediated’114 articles · 53 sources12 left, 28 center, 8 right
- Aug 14Poland detains Russian "spies" accused of spreading "Wagner propaganda"5 articles · 5 sources1 left, 3 center, 0 right
- Aug 5– 6Niger’s junta asks for help from Russian group Wagner as it faces military intervention threat17 articles · 14 sources5 left, 5 center, 3 right
- Jul 29Prigozhin celebrates Niger coup, says his Wagner group can help8 articles · 8 sources1 left, 5 center, 2 right
- Jul 12Russia's Defense Ministry says Wagner mercenaries are surrendering their weapons to the military6 articles · 6 sources2 left, 1 center, 2 right
- Jun 27– 28Jonah Goldberg: Wagner Group's coup attempt may be over, but it shows a real crack in Putin's power7 articles · 4 sources1 left, 2 center, 1 right
Stories that name Wagner Group
- Oct 5– 6Grenade fragments found in Prigozhin’s plane crash29 articles · 22 sources6 left, 10 center, 3 right
- Sep 29– 30Putin orders former Wagner commander to take charge of ‘volunteer units’ in Ukraine16 articles · 15 sources5 left, 4 center, 5 right
- Aug 29– 30Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin buried in private12 articles · 12 sources6 left, 5 center, 1 right
- Aug 24– 26Russia’s Wagner mercenaries face uncertainty with chief presumed dead154 articles · 67 sources21 left, 28 center, 11 right
- Aug 24– 26Kremlin denies role in plane crash believed to have killed Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin67 articles · 35 sources13 left, 15 center, 3 right
- Aug 24– 29The Kremlin says Putin is not planning to attend Wagner chief Prigozhin’s burial30 articles · 22 sources5 left, 11 center, 4 right
- Aug 2– 9What Is Happening in Niger? What to Know About the Coup27 articles · 18 sources3 left, 8 center, 4 right
- Jul 14Putin Says He Offered Wagner Mercenaries the Option to Keep Operating as a Single Unit12 articles · 10 sources3 left, 4 center, 2 right
- Jul 14Wagner ‘does not exist’: Why Putin claims a rift in the mercenary group6 articles · 5 sources2 left, 3 center, 0 right
- Jul 10– 11Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin's commanders met Putin after short-lived mutiny, pledged loyalty58 articles · 42 sources16 left, 13 center, 9 right