On November 14, 2023, a select group of Wagner veterans were issued with official veteran identification documents. This marks the first time Wagner personnel have been officially recognised as veterans, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
The russian Ministry of Defense has established a new system allowing Wagner veterans to receive veteran identification documents and commensurate bonuses. The Wagner Group was recently subsumed into russia’s National Guard command structure.
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This highly likely signals the rehabilitation of some Wagner elements by the russian administration. This follows a long period of uncertainty on how the administration would regard Wagner personnel in the wake of the Wagner Group’s mutiny and abortive “March for Justice” in June 2023.
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