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With Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin reported dead, Foreign Editor David Pratt examines how the group’s assets and influence are too valuable to…

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Never one to mince words, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the brash founder of the notorious Russian mercenary company Wagner Group, offered the latest in a series of

The Wagner Group is by far the most notorious Russian mercenary company, its soldiers having played visible roles in conflict, chaos, and commerce from Africa to Ukraine, where they have led Russia's long, bloody push to take Bakhmut. But Wagner is not Russia's only private military company.

The Wagner Group is both the tip of the Russian spear in Ukraine and the state’s backroom dealer in Africa. A mercenary outfit originally designed as an

There are reports that Wagner Group mercenaries are in Kyiv to assassinate Putin’s target number one, Zelenskyy. Who are these mercenaries and what are their links with the Kremlin?

Security experts believe the Wagner Group is used deniably to flex Moscow’s military power by supporting weak or illegitimate regimes, often with direct military support from the Russian army. The group is particularly active in Syria, Libya and across sub-Saharan Africa, where armed assistance is rewarded with access to energy reserves and gold and other precious metals. British security officials warn the use of such unregulated forces shows how state threats can manifest below the traditio...