Read More 2 minute read Latest news Ukraine Russia’s state-run corporation to create another military company like Wagner – Ukraine’s Intel Ukraine's Intelligence leaked the order of Russia's government signed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail… bySerge Havrylets
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russia 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 4 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 4 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Moscow dispatches even more ‘private military companies’ to Syria and Africa Moscow has now dispatched another of what it calls “a private military company” to fight in Syria, a… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion War in Donbas Three largest Russian militant training facilities identified After the Wagner disaster in Syria, Russian and Western journalists reported about its training facility near Molkino where… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Crimea Opinion War in Donbas Putin seized Crimea with regular army but outsourced action in Donbas There are many differences between the Russian seizure of Crimea and Russian actions in the Donbas, but perhaps… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 5 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 4 minute read Opinion War in Donbas 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read More Russia recruited over 5,000 mercenaries to fight in its wars abroad, SBU says PMC “Wagner” has been in existence for several years. Hundreds of their mercenaries have fought in Ukraine. The… byRadio Liberty
Read More 5 minute read More 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… byTSN
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Putin comes up with another way to hide Russian combat losses Vladimir Putin’s decision to allow foreigners to serve in the Russian military not only reflects Russia’s demographic problems… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression War in Donbas Moscow’s private military companies continue to be a serious threat in Ukraine Well-paid private military companies are an increasingly important component of Moscow’s strategy in the Donbas and elsewhere providing… byPaul A. Goble
Opinion Russian Aggression West fails to recognize nature and scope of Putin’s hybrid war against it, Eidman says Many in the West have “the wrong idea about how the Russian manipulation machine works,” Igor Eidman says,… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 8 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression The Ordinary Fascism Note with how much love the [Russian] military propagandists talk about everything that brings death to others. On the 55th… byUkrainian media sources