This is what we know about his operations outside of Russia.
What is the Wagner Group?
The private Wagner paramilitary group has been involved in conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, but has always denied its involvement.
Last year, Prigozhin admitted that he founded the group by recruiting soldiers from Russian prisons in exchange for an amnesty.
In eastern Ukraine, its paramilitaries have been on the front lines. They led the assault on Bakhmut, which lasted for months, and claimed responsibility for taking that city for Russian troops, although the operation cost the group heavy casualties.
Where do they operate and how many fighters does it have?
The question after the Viennese riot is: what happens now to their activity abroad, where the private militia is known for exploiting local wealth, protecting governments, waging information warfare and carrying out brutal military operations?
“The greatest effects of this episode (armed in Russia) can be felt in the Middle East and Africa,” said Rob Lee, an analyst at the Foreign Policy research Institute, on Twitter, stressing that finding a “short-term compromise” is different from “a solution long-term”.
In Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), Wagner’s mercenaries – Russians, citizens of other former Soviet republics and Syrians – have been acting as “special forces” on the ground alongside the Kremlin army since 2015. They continue to protect wells today. of oil and in the provinces of Hama and Latakia (center-west).