Leaderless and Exposed, Russia’s Wagner Faces an Uncertain Future

Its leader is officially dead, as is its founding commander. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is claiming it doesn’t exist.

Wagner, the once-powerful Russian private military company that fell out of favor with the Kremlin after an aborted mutiny in June, has been cast into even greater uncertainty since Wednesday, when its leader, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, died in a plane crash. Read more

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