CNN —Yevgeny Prigozhin turned the Wagner Group from a shadowy band of mercenaries into a feared military powerhouse operating across multiple countries on three continents.
The kind of clear chain of command that is common in traditional military does not exist in Wagner, which makes Prigozhin’s demise a potentially existential problem for the group.
Members of Wagner group sit atop of a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023.
A Russian military delegation went to the Libyan city of Benghazi this week to meet with Haftar, who has been supported by Wagner for several years.
He said the cracks in the foundations of West African and Central African countries that have leaned on the Wagner Group for support could begin to emerge now.
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