In addition to the Russian and Ukrainian armies that fought to the death, another feature of the Ukrainian battlefield is that both sides have invested a large number of mercenaries in regular battlefield duels. Of course, the motley mercenaries of the West are really not worth mentioning in front of Wagner, Russia's large military group. Wagner has risen on the battlefield in Ukraine, and because of its generous salary and many resources, it has attracted many veterans from Eastern Europe and his hometown to join the mercenary enterprise to fight.
But more than a year after the war was fought, the situation began to change abruptly. On the one hand, Wagner boss Prigozhin began to support his own troops, and because of the outstanding achievements of his private army, the regular army was dissatisfied. He has gradually become the spokesperson of the ** "high merit and shock the master". Eventually, he began a mutiny this summer, and although the mutiny was successfully suppressed and the threat was eliminated, Prigozhin was subsequently killed on a private flight, as Utkin, Wagner's second-in-command, was also killed on the same plane. (The cause of death is still a mystery) This is equivalent to leaving the Wagner Group leaderless in an instant, and the huge mercenary enterprise cannot be left without an owner in a day. The lives and clothing of tens of thousands of soldiers, as well as the restless military spirit, need to be taken care of and appeased.
So who will be the successor to the Wagner mercenary group? The first is the movement of ***. ** There have been calls for Wagner to reorganize into the regular army of the Ministry of Defense, which they have been trying to annex for a long time. Putin returned to the Kremlin immediately after the flight accident, and he ordered an investigation to begin into the incident. **'s reaction was very fast, and the outside world began to speculate that *** wanted to take the lead in taking action to bring the mercenaries under his command. However, because the death of the mercenary leader was too hasty and unexpected, the reorganization of power will inevitably weaken the Wagner Group, and even affect future strategies and actions.
Then then it will be the turn of the Wagner Group insiders. After the deaths, the top brass of the mercenary enterprises in the West has been all dead. But in reality, this is not the case.
(Prigozhin's son, while able to inherit the family business, has no administrative experience.) He is not the best candidate, because he can't suppress the veterans and veterans).
In any case, Wagner is also a private company. Prigozhin's son Pavel. Prigozhin is one of the heirs to Orthodoxy. This young man is a "90s" and is now 25 years old. Although he has the right to inherit, he lacks experience in politics and diplomacy and the operation of mercenary businesses. Because Pavel is a standard rich second generation: he has always lived a comfortable life under his father's wing. He started his business as early as the age of twenty, starting a company in the fields of oil and gas, hospitality and real estate. When you see this, everyone will smile and understand what is going on. Any property of this young master is worth about 90 million rubles, and his generous hand is completely rich and young (only in recent years, he has been implicated and sanctioned by the United States because of his support for the war in Ukraine). But it is not an ordinary difficulty to put Pavel at the helm of a large military enterprise. It's okay to play **, let the eldest young master control the power of fighting wars and political personnel exchanges, then I'm afraid you have to be cautious. The latest news is that Pavel has resumed the mercenary business and started recruiting again, which means that he has officially started to run Wagner anyway. There is also a rumor that Wagner is in the stage of "suspicion of the lord and young ministers" at this time, so he is relieved to let this rich second generation inherit the family business. After all, the young man lacks experience, and the veteran of the company who assists him is more senior and questions the ability of the young master, and it is easier to control the situation.
(Troshev, code name White-haired.) He is very politically savvy and very close to Putin)
Since there is a "young family master", there is naturally also an "auxiliary minister". Of course, these patriarchs are eyeing the throne of the head of the family one by one. None of them are fuel-efficient lamps. At least five veteran field commanders have come to the fore, all of whom have enough experience and administrative efficiency to take on Wagner's responsibilities. Pavel is only the nominal master, but he is at most a proprietor, and those field work and the work of coordinating the battlefield and ** need a "treasurer" or general manager to do it. Troshev, codenamed "White Hair", is the executive director of the Wagner Group. Troshev has a lot of combat experience, he participated in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; was also a member of the GRU, the Soviet military intelligence; participated in the Chechen war; In the Syrian war, Troshev was the chief of staff of the mercenaries, helping the Syrian ** army to fight many bandits. This kind of person with profound skills is definitely a heavyweight candidate, not to mention that he has always been very close to Putin.
Then there was Yerizarov, whose code name was "Lotus". Alexander. Kuznetsov, codename "Warrior". Kuznetsov's resume is also wonderful: he was a former member of the Soviet Union's special forces, and after the collapse of the country, he once degenerated into a armed robber because he had no livelihood; Later, after a year in prison, he came out and joined the Wagner Group; recovering cities in Syria, banditry and guarding gold mines in Africa; Because he was injured and returned to China to recuperate, he happened to encounter the war in Ukraine, so he quickly went to the front line. Kuznetsov once led his troops to fight bravely on the ** Mut front and seized important towns.
Kuznetsov, codename "Warrior".
Bogatov, codenamed "The Wanderer", whose profile is unknown. Chubko, codenamed "Vanguard", this person is very interesting. He has Ukrainian citizenship and is currently leading mercenary activities near the Polish border. The man's father was a soldier who invaded Afghanistan, and later his family moved to live on the Black Sea coast as a teenager; After adulthood, he joined the Russian Army in the Airborne Forces; Participated in the Chechen War, joined a private security company after retiring from the army, and began to lick blood from the knife. Since the beginning of the Ukrainian separatist movement, Chubko has been active in the eastern regions of Ukraine on several occasions. All five, with the exception of Chubko, were awarded the title "Hero of the Russian Federation". Each of them has served in most of the world's "hot spots" and is brave in battle, with extensive experience in the mercenary industry. Each of them can lead the Wagner army to attack the city and seize the land. Utkin, Wagner's second-in-command, once boasted that he led his troops to have fun in hell, and even made a movie "Hell's Sharps". Now the new commander has surfaced to re-enact the Hell's Tip mode.
(Yerizarov, code name: Lotus.) ）
Now there is news that *** is considering letting Yerizarov take over Wagner. The history of this veteran's service is simply a condensed history of veterans after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He served in the Airborne Forces of the Russian Army and in the 7th Airborne Division of the Guards; After that, he served in the special forces and went to Chechnya; Then came a dark history: he was sentenced by a military court to three years for embezzling army property; After being released from prison, he joined Wagner, and then went to Africa and Libya to fight; After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, he led the army to fight on the front line in eastern Ukraine, and repeatedly formulated operational plans to attack the Ukrainian front. This big guy can be said to be a veteran of the senior level. Whether he can lead the Wagner Group out of the doldrums and regain the trust of the best will take time to tell. Except for the "white hair" who is a wise general, the others are all characters who pull out guns and kill people without saying a word. Whether they took Wagner to a more violent realm is unknown.
(Chubko, codename: Vanguard.) He is a mercenary of Ukrainian origin)
As for the old guy Prigozhin, there are also various rumors that he is not dead. It is even said that he hid in a foreign country and lived in seclusion. But in fact, he was already doomed: ** expressed his condolences for Prigozhin's bad news as soon as he did the incident. Then as a public figure, he had to disappear from this world. Because in **, people trust and embrace strong leaders. This is just like the costume dramas we often watch: the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. What if the weeping minister refuses to judge himself? The emperor impatiently issued a holy decree: the xx minister was loyal and martyred, died of martyrdom, and was buried thickly. Then immediately go out publicly, and now there is no play, because the monarch is full of words: the living minister must die even if he has nine lives.
Wagner's ending is like a line: death is not an end, but a new beginning. Prigozhin's death actually opened up a new future for Wagner.