No. 303: The Wagner Group–A Preliminary Update

Author(s): Stephen Aris, Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, Niklas Masuhr, Kimberly Marten
Series Editor(s): Fabian Burkhardt, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 303
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich; 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)
Publication Year: 2023

This edition focuses on the Wagner Group private military company, providing an update to our issue 290 on the same topic. This issue focuses on developments after the Wagner mutiny. First, Stephen Aris summarizes the context of the mutiny and its aftermath, then Andreas Heinemann-Grüder goes on to examine Wagner’s role in Russia’s political regime and the state’s attempts to regain control. Moreover, Niklas Masuhr examines Russia’s post-Prigozhin Footprint in Africa and Kimberly Marten looks at Russian Foreign Paramilitary Outfits beyond Wagner.

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