Explainer: What Is the Wagner Paramilitary Group?

Explainer: What Is the Wagner Paramilitary Group?
Russian police officers are seen, reflected on a window, as they patrol in an area outside PMC Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, on June 24, 2023. Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
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Amid recent commotion around a possible coup in Russia by the Wagner private military organization, attention has turned to the shadowy group and its leader, a longtime affiliate of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

After appearing to have launched an armed rebellion to force a change at the helm of Russia’s military, the group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on Saturday announced that Wagner forces would halt their advance on Moscow to avoid bloodshed.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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