Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Wagner Group" in English language version.
The name Wagner is reported to have been the nom de guerre of one of the group's early commanders in the fighting in eastern Ukraine, Dmitry Utkin
Wagner Group – which does not exist on paper – got its name from its purported founder and commander [...] From the data we have examined, it is not possible to determine who came up with the Wagner Group initiative.
Members of this organization say that one of its leaders, D. Utkin (call sign Wagner), is a rodnover, native faith believer
"From a legal perspective, Wagner doesn't exist," says Sorcha MacLeod
The name Wagner is reported to have been the nom de guerre of one of the group's early commanders in the fighting in eastern Ukraine, Dmitry Utkin
Numerous veteran Wagner personnel have followed these and other former Wagner leaders in transferring from the group. In comparison to its peak personnel count of around 50,000 in 2023, Wagner now highly likely maintains around 5,000 total personnel across its residual deployments in Belarus and Africa.
Russian mercenaries fighting in Ukraine, including the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group, have been linked to far-right extremism ... Much of the extremist content, posted on Telegram and the Russian social media platform VKontakte (VK), relates to a far-right unit within the Wagner Group called Rusich ... One post on the messaging app Telegram, dated 15 March, shows the flag of the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), a white-supremacist paramilitary ... Another recent VK posting lists Rusich as part of a coalition of separatist groups and militias including the extreme far-right group, Russian National Unity.
The US will designate the Russian mercenary group Wagner as a 'significant transnational criminal organization', imposing further sanctions on the military contractor which has been aiding Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine.
"From a legal perspective, Wagner doesn't exist," says Sorcha MacLeod
Wagner Group – which does not exist on paper – got its name from its purported founder and commander [...] From the data we have examined, it is not possible to determine who came up with the Wagner Group initiative.
Russian mercenaries fighting in Ukraine, including the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group, have been linked to far-right extremism ... Much of the extremist content, posted on Telegram and the Russian social media platform VKontakte (VK), relates to a far-right unit within the Wagner Group called Rusich ... One post on the messaging app Telegram, dated 15 March, shows the flag of the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), a white-supremacist paramilitary ... Another recent VK posting lists Rusich as part of a coalition of separatist groups and militias including the extreme far-right group, Russian National Unity.
The US will designate the Russian mercenary group Wagner as a 'significant transnational criminal organization', imposing further sanctions on the military contractor which has been aiding Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine.
"From a legal perspective, Wagner doesn't exist," says Sorcha MacLeod
