11 minutes agoWagner Group has returned and is being led by a new Prigozhin
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Russian mercenary company Wagner Group has begun recruiting fighters again, three months after its founder, Yevgeny Pigozin, died in a plane crash, Russian media reports. And according to them, they write foreign media, the warriors are guided by Pgozhin himself, Pavel Pigozin, reported 59. RU, a regional news media based in Perm. [...]
Russian mercenary company Wagner Group has begun recruiting fighters again, three months after its founder, Yevgeny Pigozin, died in a plane crash, Russian media reports.
And according to them, they write foreign media, the warriors are guided by Pgozhin himself, Pavel Pigozin, reported 59. RU, a regional news media based in Perm.
The paper wrote on Tuesday that it confirmed the re-initiation of the recruiting with a Wagner representative in Perm.
While the Novosibirsk-based media, NGS. The RU also reported Wednesday that Wagner has begun recruiting fighters, citing a source at the local branch of the mercenary organisation.
However, the newspaper did not mention Pavel Pigozin in her report.
Social media accounts promoting the “Wagner” listed several requirements for potential recruits Tuesday.
In posts titled “We are returning”, they said those hoping to sign a contract would need a Russian passport for operations abroad, family and their close relatives' data and vaccine certificates.
Particularly, applicants have to provide documents showing that they have no criminal precedent or history of drug abuse a change of time when Wagner employed Russian prisoners to reinforce his troops in Ukraine.
However, the recruit was suspended Wednesday evening, according to accounts, which did not specify why.
Questions have been raised on the fate of the Wagner Group since its short-lived rebellion against the Kremlin in June after Prigozhin's death
Pavel Prigozhin, 25, will now inherit much of the oligarch's wealth and has been talked about for several months among Russian military bloggers as the successor of the Wagner Group.
A Telegram channel linked to Wagner, Prigozhin 2023, has also promoted Pavel Pigozin as the organisation's next leader.
Since Prigozhi's death, observers have suspected that the Russian Defence Ministry would take over Wagner's people and resources, with Western intelligence officials telling New York Times in August that the ministry is trying to restructure the mercenary company. /Telegraph
