In Russia, new groups vie to replace Wagner mercenaries

One day after a jet dropped out of the sky north of Moscow, reportedly killing Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his top commanders, rival private militias are jockeying to fill the vacuum. Wagner expert Kimberly Marten, a professor at Barnard College, surveys Russia’s private militia scene with The World’s Marco Werman.

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