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UNCOVERED: Fontanka - The Untold Story

Russian military lieutenant colonel killed in St Petersburg car blast, wife injured

A Russian military lieutenant colonel was killed after a car exploded in St Petersburg on Thursday, while his wife, who was also in the vehicle, was seriously injured, Russian media reported.

The Times of India · Aug 27

Prigozhin knew he was ‘doomed’ after failed rebellion, says mother

Violetta Prigozhina, 85, says she warned her son not to defy Putin’s authority before he was killed in a plane crash

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2025

Man arrested over 2013 killing of Russian art dealer in Amsterdam

Dutch police detain 62-year-old in relation to death of Aleksandr Levin, whose torso was found in IJ River

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2023

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Funeral of Yevgeny Prigozhin held in ‘closed format’ in St Petersburg

Kremlin earlier said president’s presence ‘not envisaged’ at funeral of Wagner chief who was killed in plane crash last week

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023

Putin says ‘talented businessman’ Yevgeny Prigozhin has died

Speculation grows that Wagner chief’s plane was downed by bomb after it took off from Moscow

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2023

Biden points finger at Putin as Prigozhin’s reported death seen as a warning to ‘elites’

Joe Biden ‘not surprised’ by apparent death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner founder, in plane crash, while Kremlin and Russian president stay silent

The Guardian - AU · Aug 24, 2023

Putin's latest ploy to ship more Russian soldiers to Ukraine is offering free sperm banks

Russian troops mobilized to fight in Ukraine can freeze their sperm for free before shipping out, “just in case.”

Fortune · Dec 28, 2022

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Russia calls up missing cook who was onboard warship sunk in April

Parents get draft letter for lost son in error blamed on bureaucracy

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2022

Ice hockey star forcibly enlisted in Russian army and dragged off to fight in Ukraine

Ivan Fedotov was rushed to an army enlistment office after being dramatically held by a squad of police officers in St Petersburg accused of seeking to dodge the military draft

Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2022

Report: Flyers goaltender Ivan Fedotov detained in Russia on grounds of being ‘an army evader’

PHILADELPHIA — Flyers goaltender Ivan Fedotov has been detained in Saint Petersburg, Russia, for an alleged evasion of military service, according to a report from Russian news outlet Fontanka.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 1, 2022

Captain of Russian flagship Moskvas killed in Ukraine missile attack which sunk vessel

First Rank Captain Anton Kuprin, 44, was killed after the ship was fatally holed by Ukrainian Neptune missiles, according to Kyiv sources

Daily Mirror · Apr 15, 2022

Fears Russian flagship Moskva had NUKES on board when it sank after missile attack

The Moskva was Russia's flagship in the Black Sea and had already played an important role in the war, however Ukrainian sources claimed to have damaged the ship in a missile attack that Moscow claimed was an ammunition explosion

Daily Mirror · Apr 15, 2022

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