According to reports, the infamous mercenary outfit Wagner, which has connections to the Russian military, is constructing a new headquarters\u00a0for its fighters and the volunteer corps of Russia\u2019s national guard. Following the passing of Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner\u2019s previous owner, in an aircraft crash last year, came this discovery.<\/p>\n
In his first video message since Prigozhin\u2019s passing, Wagner\u00a0leader Anton Yelizarov made the announcement. The new facility, named the \u201cCossack Camp,\u201d is most likely situated in Rostov, a city in southern Russia, according to information released by the UK\u2019s Ministry of Defence (MoD). It will also reportedly be \u201cco-located with the barracks of Russia\u2019s 150th Motor Rifle Division.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the MoD, Wagner\u2019s subordination to the Russian National Guard, or Rosgvardiya, is \u201cimplicitly\u201d indicated by the Cossack Camp\u2019s formation. The ministry claims that this action is likely sanctioned by the Russian government and is a calculated attempt to remove Wagner as a possible threat to the security of the regime.<\/p>\n
Providing context to the situation, the Wagner mercenary force has a history of fighting for Russia in conflicts like the one in Ukraine, where it was instrumental in the takeover of Bakhmut. In June, the organisation experienced internal discord when Prigozhin tried to set up a mutiny march towards Moscow from the military headquarters in Rostov, citing his dissatisfaction with the alleged inefficiency of the Russian military leadership.<\/p>\n
Following the mutiny, Russian President Vladimir Putin banished Prigozhin from Russia and called the Wagner fighters traitors. Putin commanded the surviving Wagner fighters to swear loyalty to the Russian state after Prigozhin\u2019s tragic death in an aircraft crash on August 23.<\/p>\n
The Russian government is possibly attempting to consolidate control and neutralise possible challenges by building the new Wagner headquarters and aligning itself with the Russian National Guard. This action highlights the complicated dynamics between mercenary groups and official institutions in Russia, while its geopolitical ramifications are yet unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alongside Russia\u2019s National Guard, Wagner, the military-affiliated Russian mercenary outfit, constructs a new \u201cCossack Camp\u201d headquarters, potentially in Rostov, indicating state-approved consolidation amidst internal strife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":368,"featured_media":14074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[9168,9163,9164,9165,9167,9166,215,283,9161,9162],"class_list":["post-14072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia","tag-150th-motor-rifle-division","tag-anton-yelizarov","tag-cossack-camp","tag-rostov","tag-russian-national-guard-rosgvardiya","tag-uks-ministry-of-defence-mod","tag-ukraine","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-wagner","tag-yevgeny-prigozhin"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}