
ALT One year ago, on 24 June 2023, the late Yevgeny Prigozhin led over 8,000 Wagner personnel on a ‘march for justice’ against the Russian military’s high command, accusing them of corruption and dereliction of duty. Russia has subsequently arrested several high-profile military leaders on accusations of corruption. Whilst a particular target of Prigohzin’s scorn, the ex-Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, has since been replaced. Although Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a 23 August 2023 plane crash, his ‘Wagner Group’ Private Military Company has survived him, now directed by his son Pavel Prigozhin and commanded by Anton “Lotos” Yelizarov. The Wagner Group withdrew from the frontlines in Ukraine during May 2023, being replaced by Chechen and Russian MOD Volunteer Corps irregular forces. Whilst in Africa, the Russian MOD’s Africa Corps replaced Wagner’s deployments in Syria and Libya in late 2023 and early 2024 respectively.

























