Wagner gold mission collapses as Russian mercenaries fight local allies in Mali
Wagner fails catastrophically in Mali as 2,000 mercenaries fight local allies instead of jihadists, marking first major setback for Russian Africa strategy.
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ISW: Remnants of Wagner Group fighting near Avdiivka under Russian MoD
The remnants of what was Russia's Wagner Group private military company "appear to be fighting" at Avdiivka, ISW says.
SBU: Russian Orthodox Church training mercenaries to fight against Ukraine
A Ukrainian security agency claims the Russian Orthodox Church is creating private military groups to recruit and train mercenaries for combat against Ukraine, says training happening at churches.
Russia’s Redut PMC’s covert recruitment in Ukraine possibly backed by Russian GRU
Russia's "private military company" Redut is covertly recruiting "volunteers" for combat in Ukraine. The Russian GRU likely oversees this group, which includes former Wagner members, boasting a strength of over 7,000 personnel, as per British intel.
Russia likely aims to develop alternative PMCs to replace Wagner – British intel
Russia is likely seeking to sponsor and develop alternative private military companies (PMCs) to eventually replace the Wagner…
Moscow Patriarchate moved into Africa to provide cover for FSB officers and PMCs, not to punish anyone over Ukraine, Horyevoy says
The Moscow Patriarchate has insisted and most people have accepted the idea that Kirill has expanded the presence…
EU parliament says Russia should bear responsibility for crimes of Wagner mercenaries, welcomes sanctions
On 25 November, the European Parliament adopted n a non-binding resolution welcoming imminent EU sanctions against the Wagner…
Russian active-duty military fought against Ukraine in ranks of private military company: Media report
Charged by Russian law enforcers with theft, robbery, extortion, and banditry, members of the so-called Regional NGO United…
Kremlin rapidly losing control of ‘private military company’ story
Personnel of Russian private military companies, which are illegal according to Russian law, have appealed to the International…
Russian mercenaries fighting in Ukraine and Syria decorated with state awards, cyber sleuths reveal
Read also: Wagner mercenaries: what we know about Putin’s private army in Donbas In early October, the SBU…
Russian private military companies proliferate ‘to make money on war’
Despite the fading of the Wagner private military company which attracted so much attention earlier because of evidence…
Russia’s private military companies a more toxic form of Latin American death squads, Pastukhov says
Many countries have private military companies, Vladimir Pastukhov says; and there is no reason that Russia should not…
Putin may soon make ‘veterans of hybrid wars’ new symbol of Russia’s future, Shtepa says
With the passing of the World War II generation, few of whom now remain, Vladimir Putin appears ready…
Moscow preparing to replace its forces in Donbas with ‘private’ military ones, Kyiv analyst suggests
The Russian State Duma will soon be taking up draft legislation regularizing the status of nominally “private” military…
Wagner mercenaries: what we know about Putin’s private army in Donbas
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) recently unveiled a sensational report – the operation in Crimea, the shooting…