Kremlin starts to rehabilitate some groups of Wagner PMC – British intelligence

14:12, 23.11.2023 1 min read

The Kremlin has started to rehabilitate some groups of mercenaries from the Wagner PMC after the mutiny in June 2023, the British intelligence said.

"On 14 November 2023, a select group of Wagner veterans were issued with official veteran identification documents. This marks the first time Wagner personnel have been officially recognised as veterans," the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense said in a report published on the X social network on Thursday.

"The Russian Ministry of Defence has established a new system allowing Wagner veterans to receive veteran identification documents and commensurate bonuses. The Wagner Group was recently subsumed into Russia’s National Guard (Rosgvardia) command structure," the British intelligence said.

According to British intelligence experts, these actions most likely indicate the rehabilitation of some parts of Wagner by the Russian authorities.

As noted, this follows "a long period of uncertainty on how the administration would regard Wagner personnel in the wake of the Wagner Group's mutiny and abortive 'March for Justice' in June 2023."