Among them was Valery Chekalov, a longtime Prigohzin ally who was believed to be in charge of his business empire. Chekalov was said to be overseeing Priogzhin’s catering firm that provided food for schools across Russia and fed the military. Chekalov is said to have managed some of Prigozhin’s business assets in Syria, including his investment in oil in the war-torn country.

A man opened fire and wounded a recruitment officer at an enlistment centre in Siberia on Monday, the local governor said, as tensions mount over Russia's military mobilisation for the conflict in Ukraine. Rai, Arpan (21 April 2022). "Nearly 3,000 of Russia's notorious Wagner mercenary group have been killed in the war, UK MPs told". Independent. a b "Что известно о потерях России за 10 месяцев войны в Украине". BBC News Russian. 23 December 2022 . Retrieved 23 December 2022.According to the SBU, Wagner employees were issued international passports in bulk by the GRU via Central Migration Office Unit 770–001 in the second half of 2018, allegations partially verified by Bellingcat. [181] [182] Following the end of the war, retired military captain Viktor Zlobov stated Wagner PMCs took a significant role in managing to preserve the territory that remained under Armenian control during the conflict and were the ones mostly responsible for the Armenians managing to keep control of the town of Shusha for as long as they did before it was ultimately captured by Azerbaijan during the major battle that took place. Turkey reported that 380 "blondes with blue eyes" took part in the conflict on the side of Artsakh, while some Russian publications put the number of Wagner PMCs who arrived in the region in early November at 500. 300 of these were said to have taken part in the Battle of Shusha [317] and a photo of a Wagner PMC, apparently taken in front a church in Shusha during the war, appeared on the internet the following month. [318] a b "Ex-Prigozhin Aide to Oversee Volunteer Fighters in Ukraine – Kremlin". The Moscow Times. 29 September 2023. Během invaze ukrajinská armáda tvrdila, že se Wagnerova skupina přejmenovala na Liga, [38] a ve svých zprávách je takto označovala. [39] [40] CIT reported a conservative estimate of at least 101 being killed between October 2015 and mid-December 2017. [91]

Buravich, Ekaterina. "Yevgeny Prigozhi Light, Felix (5 May 2023). "Russian ex-deputy defence minister joins Wagner as feud escalates, war bloggers report". Reuters.com. In early 2016, Wagner had 1,000 employees, [14] which later rose to 5,000 by August 2017, [108] and 6,000 by December 2017. [13] The organization was said to be registered in Argentina [14] [108] and has offices in Saint Petersburg [109] and Hong Kong. [110] In November 2022, Wagner opened a new headquarters and technology center at the PMC Wagner Center building in the east of Saint Petersburg. [111] Several days after Russian media reported that Russian PMCs were ready to fight against Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh, [313] a source within the Wagner Group, as well as Russian military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer, reported Wagner contractors were sent to support armed forces of the partially recognized Republic of Artsakh against Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War as ATGM operators. [314] [315] However, Bellingcat reported that the Wagner Group was not present in Nagorno-Karabakh, pointing to the Reverse Side of the Medal (RSOTM) public channel, used by Russian PMCs, including Wagner. RSOTM posted two images and a song alluding to the possibility of Wagner PMCs arriving in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Bellingcat determined the images were unrelated. [316]The United States has warned Russia privately of "catastrophic" consequences if it uses nuclear weapons as part of the Ukraine invasion, top US officials said. Ruska žijúca na Slovensku Hoci vojnu na Ukrajine aj Putinov režim odsudzujem, svoju vlasť odsúdiť neviem VAVRDA, Antonín. „Pochod spravedlnosti“ skončil: Prigožin otočil své žoldáky 200 km od Moskvy. A v noci odjel do Běloruska. Lidovky.cz [online]. 2023-06-24 [cit. 2023-06-26]. Dostupné online. According to the Financial Times, the Wagner Group does not exist as a single incorporated entity, but instead as a "sprawling network of interacting companies with varying degrees of proximity to [Prigozhin's] Concord group" – such as Concord Management and Consulting and Concord Catering. This abstruse structure has allegedly complicated efforts by western governments to restrict Wagner's activities. [120] A US estimate mid-February 2023, put the number of Wagner PMC casualties in the invasion at about 30,000, of which about 9,000 killed. The US estimated that half of those deaths occurred since the middle of December, with 90 percent of Wagner fighters which had been killed since December being convicts. [246] Concurrently, the UK Ministry of Defence estimated that convicts recruited by Wagner had experienced a casualty rate of up to 50 percent. [247]