[megathread] Wagner Group
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group
* Wagner Group (PMC Wagner): Russian paramilitary organization
* private military company (PMC), a network of mercenaries
* de facto private army of Yevgeny Prigozhin, former close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin
* operates in support of Russian interests; receives equipment f. Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD); has used MoD installations for training
#WagnerGroup #YevgenyPrigozhin #PMCWagner #GRU #Russia #Putin #WarInUkraine
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* while Wagner Group itself is not ideologically driven, various elements of Wagner have been linked to neo-Nazism & far-right politics
Yevgeny Prigozhin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin
Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin is a Russian oligarch, mercenary chief, and a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until he launched an alleged coup in June 2023.
#PrivateMilitaryCompany #PMC #mercenaries #Russia #VladimirPutin #WarCrimes #MilitaryContractors
Addendum 1
Wagner Group - Recent news (2023-06-24)
(2023-06-24) Live updates: Armed rebellion by Russian mercenary chief
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/live-updates-armed-rebellion-by-russian-mercenary-chief-1.6454422
(2023-06-24) Ottawa says it's monitoring tensions in Russia amid armed rebellion
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ottawa-says-it-s-monitoring-tensions-in-russia-amid-armed-rebellion-1.6454431
#WagnerGroup #YevgenyPrigozhin #PMCWagner #GRU #Russia #Putin #WarInUkraine
Addendum 2
(2023-06-24) How Wagner Group, Mercenaries With a Wider Agenda, Impact Civil Society
https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/05/how-wagner-group-mercenaries-with-a-wider-agenda-impact-civil-society/
* Julian Rademeyer of Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime told DW.com, "Wagner itself has developed over time as an organization that's gone from being a purely private military contracting entity into a multiplicity of business alliances and relations and a network of companies.
#WagnerGroup #YevgenyPrigozhin #PMCWagner #GRU #Russia #Putin #WarInUkraine
@persagen So Wagner, I knew they were mercenaries, are just another flavor of “might makes right”, no one to be cheered as good guys, ie Putin cohorts who I assume got fed up with the botched Ukraine Assimilation and have turned on Master. If Putin ever feels he’s on the verge of losing his grip, I fear the World will suddenly find itself to be a much more dangerous place.
