What will happen to the Wagner mercenary group now? - analysis
The fate of the complex, lucrative web of military and commercial operations that Prigozhin and Wagner created hangs in the balance.
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The fate of the complex, lucrative web of military and commercial operations that Prigozhin and Wagner created hangs in the balance.
Wagner chief Prigozhin's "right hand man" Dmitry Utkin, financier Valeriy Chekalov and fighters.
Meeting in Benghazi, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov told eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar on Tuesday that Wagner forces would report to a new commander, a Libyan official with knowledge of the meeting said.
The mercenary group is a product of the system Putin built, and he can’t dismantle it without undermining Moscow’s global influence.
As Wagner mercenaries advanced on Moscow in an attempted mutiny in late June, authorities in Syria and Russian military commanders there took a series of swift measures against local Wagner operatives to prevent the uprising spreading, according to six sources familiar with the matter.The previously