Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group: The Roots of the Phenomenon and its Effects on Russia following the June 23, 2023 Mutiny
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Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group: The Roots of the Phenomenon and its Effects on Russia following the June 23, 2023 Mutiny
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Russian mercenaries, known as the Wagner Group, while comprising a relatively small part of the Russian forces in general, played an important role in Russia’s war against Ukraine, not only thanks to their military skills, but also due to Prigozhin’s political and media capabilities. Indeed, they have influenced the battlefield and the situation within Russia. On June 23, 2023, increasing friction between Prigozhin, who emerged during the war as an independent anti-establishment political?player (he has no formal position in the establishment), and the Russian military establishment, led to an armed uprising against the military-security leadership, unprecedented in modern Russian history. Read here
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