For years, the Kremlin has been using various mercenary organizations to more or less covertly pursue its foreign policy goals in Syria, Africa and Ukraine. The groups are financed by various pro-Kremlin actors who support the Putin system and want to gain advantages in it. Of course, they also compete with each other. WELT presents the most well-known of these associations.
The struggle of rival mercenary groups for Putin's favor
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