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Putin’s Paramilitary 2.0 | SpyCast International Spy Museum 5,329 views Jun 25, 2026 SpyCast Since its emergence in 2014, the Wagner Group has operated as the Kremlin’s shadow army, deploying…

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    Companies

    1. Swarmer Publishes Letter From Its Chairman Erik Prince, Outlining Strategy
    2. Blackwater founder Erik Prince has joined Swarmer
    3. The rise and fall of the Wagner Group: Russia is seeking control over its ‘private’ military companies
    4. Corporate Business Profile: China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Security Division
    5. American mercenary firm expands with launch of 'the largest shoot house on the East Coast'
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    Academic

    1. Russian Commercial Warriors on the Battlefield
    2. The rise and fall of the Wagner Group: Russia is seeking control over its ‘private’ military companies
    3. Justifications: Does Wagner Group Africa Corps Meet the Criteria for Designation
    4. Back to the Shadows: Russia’s African Security Engagements Since Prigozhin
    5. Mercenaries at the movies: representations of soldiers of fortune in Mexico and the Congo in American and European cinema
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    Russia

    1. Putin’s Paramilitary 2.0 | SpyCast
    2. Russian Commercial Warriors on the Battlefield
    3. The rise and fall of the Wagner Group: Russia is seeking control over its ‘private’ military companies
    4. Justifications: Does Wagner Group Africa Corps Meet the Criteria for Designation
    5. Back to the Shadows: Russia’s African Security Engagements Since Prigozhin
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    Legal

    1. Tunisian mercenary sentenced to 55 years for fighting in Syria
    2. ICE Profiteer Claims It Cannot Be Sued
    3. Man charged over trafficking of job seekers into Russia’s war effort
    4. 48-Year-Old Man In Court For Trafficking Zimbabweans Into Russia-Ukraine War
    5. Hwange man trapped in mercenary plot
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    Outsourcing/Privatization

    1. Contractors or robots? Future warfare between privatization and automation
    2. Selling security to Africa: private military and security companies PMSCs and the fate of African intrastate security
    3. Similarities between British East India Company and contemporary private military companies
    4. From Nationalization to Privatization The Case of the IDF
    5. Contractors in Iraq Exploited Class or Exclusive Club
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