DEEP DIVE — Greater than a 12 months after the demise of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the notorious chief of the shadowy Russian mercenary outfit often known as the Wagner Group, the group itself lives on. It’s been rebranded and reorganized, however the group is again in motion.
Wagner 2.0 now features beneath the title “Expeditionary Corps,” typically used interchangeably with “Volunteer Corps” and – in its Africa operations – “Africa Corps.” And no matter title it makes use of, the group not operates with an unbiased hand; it’s now beneath the direct management of the Kremlin’s navy intelligence wing, the GRU.
