Wagner Group: Notorious Private Military Company
byEric Sof
Sep 1, 2020
Wagner Group Private Military Contractors from Russia
The Wagner Group is a notorious private military company from Russia. The insights about their whereabouts and origins are not available. According to the various reports, the Wagner Group is officially described as a private military company with the capacity to deploy thousands of private military contractors in combat zones.
History
The Wagner Group was a relatively unknown company in the world of private military contractors. They appeared on the public scene in 2014, after they supported pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine’s armed conflict. That was an introduction to Russia’s annexation of Crimea where they played a significant role.
Since then, more information started surfacing. Now, they are described as a kind of “unofficial†pro-Russian military force. Their operators were located in Syria, Lybia, Venezuela, as well as Sudan and the Central African Republic. All these countries have a common element. They are places where Russia and its president Putin has interests. Western experts correlated to the security topics consider it clear that they are aligned with the actions of Vladimir Putin’s government.
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