As of late October 2023, large elements of the Wagner Group private military company had likely been assimilated into the command structure of russia’s National Guard (Rosgvardiya) and resumed active recruitment. This Wagner arm under Rosgvardiya is likely led by Pavel Prigozhin, son of the late Wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin. Other groups of Wagner fighters have highly likely joined another russian PMC, Redut, which according to a Radio Free Europe investigation now has 7,000 personnel in total, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
On November 1, 2023, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov stated that Wagner Group medics had joined Chechen Akhmat special forces. Previously, on October 25, 2023, Ramzan Kadyrov had stated that 170 former Wagner fighters had already joined Akhmat.
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The russian state is now exercising more direct control of Wagner Group activities and former personnel following the mutiny in July 2023 and subsequent death of Wagner’s leadership in August 2023.
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