Wagner Group
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The Wagner Group, officially known as PMC Wagner, is a Russian state-funded private military company that was controlled until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally of Russia's president Vlad
The PMC Wagner Center office in Saint Petersburg
Wagner Group graves among other military graves in the Kurgan cemetery, Sovetsky City District, Kazan
Prigozhin was in a public feud with Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu.
Grave of Wagner Group fighter Khalil Amirov at the Kurgan Cemetery in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, May 2024
Dmitry Utkin
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Dmitry Valerievich Utkin was a Russian military officer and mercenary. He served as a special forces officer in the GRU, where he held the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was the co-founder and militar
Wagner Group
…security in exchange for the transfer of diamond- and gold-mining contracts to Russian companies. Some Wagner members, including its alleged co-founder Dmitry Utkin, have been linked to the far-right, and the unit has been accused of war crimes including murder, torture, rape and robbery of civilians, as well as…
Utkin's passport photo
Makeshift memorial to Utkin and Yevgeny Prigozhin in Moscow