<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: Wagner Group Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:09:39 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[Russian attempts to pay spies should be treated like attempts to fund ISIS, Labour told]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/285x214/2128328_1.jpg"/><br><br>Exclusive: Ministers and banks have been ordered to try and stop the flow of cash 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src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2062637_1.jpg"/><br><br>Criminals who signed up to the war to escape jail stints early could wreck Russian society if returned to their motherland, a pro-Putin pundit has warned.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 20:38:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Ciaran McGrath]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Vladimir Putin, Ukraine, Wagner Group, Convicts returning from Ukraine, Russian internal security threat, Wagner Group mercenaries.</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2062637_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Russian blogger Nadana Fridrikhson and Russian Storm V fighters ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[X]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail 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