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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...
4 days ago · The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said elements of the Wagner Group started coming under the National Guard’s control in October 2023. Referred to as “volunteer formations”, the ex-Wagner ...
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.
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....
5 days ago · FILE - Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin attends the funeral at the Beloostrovskoye Cemetery outside St. Petersburg, Russia, on Dec. 24, 2022, of Dmitry Menshikov, one of his mercenaries who died fighting in Ukraine. Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who in June 2023 mounted a brief armed rebellion that was the most serious challenge to the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo, File)
Jun 26, 2023 · Wagner Group chief says his mercenaries will halt their march on Moscow. Earlier this month, Shoigu announced that members of private military companies, including the Wagner Group, would be...
Jan 20, 2023 · The Wagner Group is believed to be receiving shipments of missiles and rockets from North Korea.
5 days ago · 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 ...
