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Now Prigozhin is gone, what happens to Wagner?

Russia’s defence minister Sergey Shoigu is likely to emerge as a key figure in the military contractor’s future

By Sergey Eledinov and John Lechner
Now Prigozhin is gone, what happens to Wagner?
The Russian state's response to Prigozhin's death has been muted | (c) Vladimir Alexandrov/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. All rights reserved
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Control of Russia’s private military company Wagner is likely to fall to the country’s Ministry of Defence, with several Wagner veterans already having signed with the ministry or its other affiliated military firms, sources within the group have said.

But questions remain about how far the Russian MoD will be able to integrate with private military company (PMC) Wagner, which has operations across the Middle East and Africa, with answers likely varying from country to country.

It is a week since the plane crash that killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and a number of other top brass from the controversial military outfit.

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