by Jennifer Maddocks | Jun 30, 2023
Putin Admits to Funding the Wagner Group: Implications for Russia’s State Responsibility On June 27, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a remarkable announcement. After years of denying any links between the Wagner Group and the Russian State, Putin stated,...
by Jennifer Maddocks | Jun 16, 2023
Contracts Between the Wagner Group and Russia’s Defense Ministry: International Law Implications After months of infighting between Russian defense officials and the Wagner Group, the Deputy Defense Minister, Nikolai Pankov, announced on June 10, 2023, that “volunteer...
by Michael N. Schmitt, John C. Tramazzo | Apr 26, 2023
The Wagner Group’s “No Quarter” Order and International Law On April 23, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group, instructed members of his paramilitary force to “kill everyone on the battlefield.” In a post to a Wagner-affiliated Telegram account, he...
by Winston Williams, Jennifer Maddocks | Feb 23, 2023
Ukraine Symposium – The Wagner Group: Status and Accountability Since Russia commenced its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Wagner Group has come out of the shadows. Used by the Kremlin as an alternative fighting force since 2014, the private...
by Camilla Cooper | Feb 1, 2023
Ukraine Symposium – A Wagner Group Fighter in Norway In the early hours of Friday, January 13th, the alarm went off in a military border guard base in northern Norway. Someone had illegally crossed the border with Russia, and Norwegian conscripts were tasked to find...
