Tag: Mercenaries and Private Military Contractors

After Prigozhin’s Death, a High-Stakes Scramble for His Empire

A shadowy fight is playing out on three continents for control of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s sprawling interests as head of the Wagner mercenary group. The biggest prize: His lucrative operations in Africa.

Sergei Surovikin, Russian General Detained After Wagner Mutiny, Is Released

Gen. Sergei Surovikin, who was seen as an ally of the mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, has re-emerged in public.

Prigozhin’s Real Legacy: The Mercenary Blueprint

The Wagner group will serve as a model for other mercenaries ready to muscle in to resource-rich territories.

Is It Time to Negotiate With Putin?

We’re past the fairy tale stage of the war in Ukraine. How does it end?