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Members of the small and independent Fulcro theater group – who left Saint Petersburg because of the war – are trying out another scene in Israel

Prigozhin, whose brutal fighters were feared in Ukraine, Africa and Syria, was eulogized by President Vladimir Putin, even as suspicions grew that the Russian leader was behind the accident that many saw as an assassination

Drawn by natural resources, the mercenary corporation operates in Libya, the Central African Republic, Sudan, and Mali, where they strive to spread Russian influence and enrich the Kremlin

US intelligence and some Russian media point to an attack on the plane in which the Wagner leader was traveling. ‘He was a man of difficult fate, and he made serious mistakes in life,’ said the Russian president

The list of the deceased includes the firm’s second-in-command, its head of logistics and other senior officials. Two pilots and a stewardess were also killed

President Putin on Thursday expressed his condolences to the families of those who were reported to be aboard the jet and referred to ‘serious mistakes’ by Prigozhin, who led an insurrection against the Russian military two months prior to his death

The latest ruling means he faces spending at least eight months in prison. Gershkovich has been sitting in jail since the end of March when he was detained in the city of Yekaterinburg while on a reporting trip

The crash immediately raised suspicions, since the fate of the founder of the Wagner private military company has been the subject of intense speculation ever since he led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military two months ago

The Kyiv security services claim responsibility for the sabotage, operations that demonstrate their ability to infiltrate enemy territory

The Kyiv government organized a meeting with four prisoners of war, three of them from the occupied regions of Donetsk and Luhansk

The arrest of a military officer accused of passing information to Moscow adds to fears of a wider infiltration of Germany by the Kremlin’s secret services

The spacecraft was scheduled to land on the south pole of the Moon on Monday, racing to beat an Indian probe also heading to Earth’s satellite. The launch was Russia’s first since 1976

Almost 18 months after the start of the war, a humanitarian corridor between the Russian city of Belgorod and Sumi in northeastern Ukraine opens a window of opportunity for trapped citizens

The governor of the northern region, Vyacheslav Chaus, said Sunday that the total number of people wounded in the attack had risen to 148

The head of European diplomacy thinks that the EU’s aid to Ukraine has been too gradual. He also spoke with EL PAÍS about the explosive situation in the Sahel region after the military coup in Niger: ‘It’s the moment of truth for Africa’

Neither side gave details of what the cooperation will entail, but the two countries have agreed to hold joint military exercises next year

Ukraine’s economy, crunched by the war, is heavily dependent on farming. Its agricultural exports, like those of Russia, are also crucial for world supplies

The Russian currency had passed 101 rubles to the dollar Monday, continuing a more than one-third decline in its value since the beginning of the year

The Center for Civil Liberties has documented 4,000 people arrested during the invasion, a number the Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, puts as high as 20,000

The destabilization in the African region poses a higher threat of jihadist terrorism and increased flows of migrants to Europe

The Mexican microbiologist speaks exclusively to EL PAÍS for the first time since his release from prison in the US. Cabrera Fuentes affirms that he isn’t the ‘monster’ that the media has made him out to be. He also says that he’s ready to resume his career and possibly get into politics

The capital of western Ukraine, a short distance from NATO territory, is still reeling from the July 6 air strike, which killed 10 people and wounded 48

Navalny, who is already serving a nine-year term on a variety of charges that he says were politically motivated, is President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe

The latest model of the attack aircraft, which has been deployed amid heavy fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region, has been upgraded with weapons capable of evading anti-missile defenses

EL PAÍS visits the network of medical stations that mark out the Zaporizhzhia front, where hundreds of wounded soldiers are operated on every day