Publication
Dec 2022
This edition focuses on the Wagner Group private military company. Firstly, Andreas Heinemann-Grüder summarizes the development of Wagner since 2014/15, highlighting that it operates in coordination with Russian security agencies as a parallel or shadow army that can rarely be held accountable. Secondly, Stephen Aris considers how Wagner’s prominent, if not officially acknowledged, role in the offensive on Ukraine has accelerated a process of semi-privatizing certain functions of state security.
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| Author | Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, Stephen Aris, (Editors: Stephen Aris, Fabian Burkhardt, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov) |
| Series | Russian Analytical Digest (RAD) |
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Center for Security Studies (CSS)
Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), George Washington University; Center for Eastern European Studies (CEES), University of Zurich; German Association for East European Studies (DGO) |
| Copyright | © 2022 Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; Research Centre for East European Studies (FSO), University of Bremen |