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The Wagner Group (Russian: Группа Вагнера, romanized: Gruppa Vagnera), officially known as PMC Wagner (Russian: ЧВК «Вагнер», romanized: ChVK «Vagner»), is a Russian state-funded 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 23, 2024 · A year after mutiny, Kremlin controls Wagner remnants. 23 June 2024. By Matt Murphy, BBC News, in London. Reuters. Yevgeny Prigozhin led Wagner forces into the Russian city of Rostov virtually ...
Jun 23, 2024 · The Wagner Group were a mercenary force heavily used by Russia in conflicts abroad and later in Ukraine but under the leadership of Yevgeny Prigozhin they marched towards Moscow - briefly posing a ...
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 · Matt Murphy. BBC News, in London. 23 June 2024. Russia has effectively dismantled and replaced the Wagner Group in the year since the mercenaries shocked the world by launching a mutiny against ...
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...
Sep 29, 2023 · Wagner, one of the world's most battle-hardened mercenary groups, was founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, a former special forces officer in Russia's GRU military intelligence....
Jun 25, 2024 · The Wagner group also bore a Nazi reference: It was named after the German composer Richard Wagner, one of Hitler’s favorites. Wagner hasn’t disappeared altogether: Some of its operatives ...
Feb 18, 2023 · American and European allies are mobilizing to thwart the rapid expansion of the Russian paramilitary group known as Wagner, run by a Putin-affiliated oligarch, as it captures key cities for...
