The Wagner Group: Yevgeny Prigozhin's Mercenaries and Their Ties to Vladimir Putin

The Wagner Group, a Russian private mercenary group, challenged the Kremlin in 2023. Despite being known for war crimes, the group has close ties to Vladimir Putin. This book by a former Financial Times journalist investigates the group's history and ties to Putin.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 26 October 2023
Publisher: Gibson Square Books Ltd

Few military organizations have had a greater importance than the Wagner Group: at a cursory glance, no more than a disreputable private mercenary group dedicated to committing war crimes yet also, astonishingly, the challengers of the Kremlin on June 23-24, 2023—unheard of in over two decades of Vladimir Putin's rule. From its inception in 2014, this nebulous organization operating from Russia was intentionally cloaked in questions. How was it able to operate alongside Russia's top government officials? How could it deploy the logistical systems of the Russian army, up to and including ordering air attacks with fighter planes of the Russian Federation, despite the deep antipathy of Russia's powerful defense minister, Sergei Shoigu? Why did the Kremlin provide such an ample helping hand to its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, for over a decade? In this compelling book, former Financial Times journalist Owen Wilson investigates the Wagner Group and their ties to Vladimir Putin. It skilfully sets out its history and the dramatic death of Yevgeny Prigozhin to cast a searching light on the person who ultimately stands behind the group.

Few military organizations have had a greater importance than the Wagner Group: at a cursory glance, no more than a disreputable private mercenary group dedicated to committing war crimes yet also, astonishingly, the challengers of the Kremlin on June 23-24, 2023—unheard of in over two decades of Vladimir Putin's rule. From its inception in 2014, this nebulous organization operating from Russia was intentionally cloaked in questions. How was it able to operate alongside Russia's top government officials? How could it deploy the logistical systems of the Russian army, up to and including ordering air attacks with fighter planes of the Russian Federation, despite the deep antipathy of Russia's powerful defense minister, Sergei Shoigu? Why did the Kremlin provide such an ample helping hand to its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, for over a decade? In this compelling book, former Financial Times journalist Owen Wilson investigates the Wagner Group and their ties to Vladimir Putin. It skilfully sets out its history and the dramatic death of Yevgeny Prigozhin to cast a searching light on the person who ultimately stands behind the group.

Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781783342563