Wagner Group (Russian private military company)

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The Wagner Group is a Russian state-linked private military company known for deploying mercenaries to conflict zones such as Ukraine, Syria, Libya, and several African countries to advance Russian geopolitical interests.

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instanceOf paramilitary organization
private military company
accusedOf extrajudicial killings
human rights abuses in Central African Republic
human rights abuses in Mali
human rights abuses in Syria
human rights abuses in Ukraine
looting
summary executions
torture
war crimes
activeInConflict Central African Republic conflict
Second Libyan Civil War
surface form: Libyan civil war

Mali conflict
Russo-Ukrainian War
surface form: Russian invasion of Ukraine

War in Sudan
surface form: Sudan conflict

Syrian Civil War
surface form: Syrian civil war

Russo-Ukrainian War
surface form: War in Donbas
activeInCountry Burkina Faso
Central African Republic
Libya
Mali
Mozambique
Niger
Sudan
Syria
Ukraine
allegedController Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
surface form: Russian military intelligence (GRU)
alsoKnownAs PMC Wagner
Wagner Group (Russian private military company)
Wagner PMC
associatedCompany Concord Management and Consulting
M Invest
associatedWith Russian information operations and propaganda campaigns
businessModel access to natural resource concessions
security contracts with foreign governments
countryOfOrigin Russia
designatedAs transnational criminal organization by United States
engagedIn armed rebellion against Russian military leadership in June 2023
estimatedSize tens of thousands of fighters at peak
hasEvent 2023 mutiny in Russia
hasFounder Dmitry Utkin NERFINISHED
hasKeyFigure Dmitry Utkin NERFINISHED
Yevgeny Prigozhin
hasLeader Yevgeny Prigozhin
ideology Russian ultranationalism
linkedTo Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
surface form: Russian Ministry of Defence

Government of the Russian Federation
surface form: Russian government
namedAfter Richard Wagner
post2023Status elements reconstituted under Russian Ministry of Defence control
formally disbanded in Russia after mutiny
role proxy force for Russian foreign policy
resource protection for mining and energy sites
security provider for foreign governments
sanctionedBy Australia
Canada
European Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
usesRecruitmentSource Russian prisons

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Libyan National Army supportedBy Wagner Group (Russian private military company)
Battle of Bakhmut belligerent Wagner Group (Russian private military company)
this entity surface form: Wagner Group
Wagner Group (Russian private military company) alsoKnownAs Wagner Group (Russian private military company)
subject surface form: Wagner Group
Russian Wagner Group (supporting LNA) partOf Wagner Group (Russian private military company)
this entity surface form: Wagner Group
Bakhmut controlContestedBy Wagner Group (Russian private military company)
this entity surface form: Wagner Group
Mali War participant Wagner Group (Russian private military company)
this entity surface form: Russian Wagner Group