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The Week in Review: August 19-25, 2023

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The Week in Review: August 19-25, 2023

Wagner's Prigozhin reportedly meets his end, a surprising BRICS expansion, and more

Kendrick Lu
Aug 26, 2023
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The Week in Review: August 19-25, 2023

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This week, the new Nigerien junta signaled that it might be willing to negotiate with ECOWAS. Anti-government protests spread across Syria, driven by an ongoing economic collapse. Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and several members of Wagner’s leadership were abroad a fatal plane crash over Russia’s Tver oblast. Norway joined Denmark and the Netherlands in committing to send F-16 jets to Ukraine. And BRICS leaders concluded their summit by announcing a six-member expansion.

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