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Name HQ Portfolio Notes Aegis Defence Services: London: Iraq, Afghanistan, and others: Contracted by the U.S. department of Defense during the most recent War in Iraq. Aegis Defence Services Ltd was acquired by GardaWorld International Protective Services.
BBC News Russian confirmed by names the deaths of 346 PMCs by mid-December 2024, following the Fall of the Assad regime. [342] In addition, three PMCs belonging to the Russian private military company Shield also died mid-June 2019. Two of the three were former Wagner members. [346] Syrian civil war – Battle of Khasham: 7 Feb 2018
According to the SBU and the Russian media, Wagner also forced the reorganization and disarmament of Russian Cossack and other formations. [11] [24] The PMCs acted mostly in the LPR, [6] for whose authorities they reportedly conducted four political killings of separatist commanders [5] [6] such as Aleksey Mozgovoy, Pavel Dremov, Alexander Bednov and others. [25]
Patriot operates in close cooperation with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Military Intelligence Service (GRU). Former Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is believed to have strong influence over the company. [1] [2] Unlike the Wagner Group, Patriot focuses more on experienced soldiers with combat experience when recruiting.
Fakel was founded in 2023 by the Russian state-run gas monopoly Gazprom subsidiary Gazprom Neft, [2] as a more loyal alternative for the Wagner Group, which at the time had just begun clashing with Russian high command on issues of supplies and tactics. [3] The group was founded alongside two other Gazprom PMCs, Plamya and Potok. [4]
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Redut (Russian: ЧВК «Редут», romanized: ChVK «Redut»), also known as Redoubt, Redut-Antiterror, Redut Security [19] or Centre R, formerly known as "Shield", [20] [21] is a registered Russian Private Military Company (PMC) that is a part of the "Antiterror-family" — a group of PMCs that protect commercial operations of Russian companies.
[5] [6] Russia relies on energy revenues to drive most of its growth. Russia has an abundance of petroleum , natural gas and precious metals , which make up a major share of Russia's exports. As of 2012 [update] the oil-and-gas sector accounted for 16% of the GDP , 52% of federal budget revenues and over 70% of total exports.