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The Wagner Group (Russian: Группа Вагнера, romanized:Gruppa Vagnera ), officially known as PMC Wagner [9] (Russian: ЧВК «Вагнер», romanized:ChVK «Vagner» [63] ), is a Russian state-funded [64] private military company (PMC) controlled until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally of Russia's president Vladimir Putin.
Sep 6, 2023 · The UK government is set to put the Russian mercenary group, Wagner, on its list of terrorist organisations. Wagner's future is very uncertain, after the death of its founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin...
Jun 16, 2024 · The Wagner Group is a Russian mercenary group that has conducted military operations around the world on behalf of the Russian government. Though its origins are murky, the most credible account of the group’s creation traces it back to 2013.
Jun 23, 2024 · Russia has effectively dismantled and replaced the Wagner Group in the year since the mercenaries shocked the world by launching a mutiny against President Vladimir Putin’s government, experts...
Mar 31, 2022 · What is the Wagner Group? The private Russian military force, which has close ties to President Vladimir Putin and has been used in war zones across the world, is expanding its presence...
Aug 24, 2023 · Up until 2022, the Wagner group operated largely in the dark. But following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin embraced the Wagner group as fighters in its ongoing war.
Jun 24, 2023 · What is the Wagner Group? The Wagner Group was founded in 2014 by Prigozhin, 61, a close confidant of the Russian president who is known as “Putin’s chef” because his catering business routinely...
Mar 7, 2022 · According to a report in the Times on February 28th, more than 400 mercenaries belonging to Russia’s Wagner Group have been sent to Kyiv to assassinate Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president.
Jan 28, 2023 · The Wagner Group — a private military company owned by Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin — first took to the battlefield during the Russian annexation of Crimea. But its operations...
Jan 21, 2023 · The U.S. will designate the Russian mercenary Wagner Group as a “significant transnational criminal organization” and impose further sanctions against the organization and its support network...
