A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial near former PMC Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia August 24.
Anastasia Barashkova/ReutersYevgeny Prigozhin turned the Wagner Group from a shadowy band of mercenaries into a feared military powerhouse operating across multiple countries on three continents.
Most security experts doubt Wagner can survive without Prigozhin, posing major questions about what will happen to the group’s fighters, weapons and operations.
What’s clear is that the fallout will be felt far beyond Russia’s borders, especially in African countries where Wagner has been employed to help prop up leaders and suppress rebellions.
It’s not clear where the loyalties are going to go to,” Lindstaedt told CNN.
Persons:
Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Anastasia Barashkova, ”, Natasha Lindstaedt, “ It’s, ” Lindstaedt
Organizations:
PMC Wagner, in, Wagner, University of Essex, CNN
Locations:
in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Moscow, Russia’s