The Wagner Group has not disappeared. The death of its historic leader and founder, against the leadership of the Army Russian unleashed a mountain of speculation about the future of the mercenary platoon in the service of the Kremlin.
he Wagner Group appears linked to other types of work by Russia. Specifically, the sabotage directed from Moscow against different European objectives, according to Western intelligence sources cited by the Financial Times.
According to these confidential sources, the former Wagner recruiters and propagandists are behind the latest hybrid war actions launched by Russia. Their tasks of ‘recruiting’ young Russians to join the ranks are no longer there; Now the targets are young Europeans.
According to the information offered by the Financial Timesformer members of Wagner are contacting “economically vulnerable” young people or in situations of personal difficulty in different European countries to carry out violent acts of various kinds in NATO territory.
They add that the catalog of actions reaches from arson attacks on cars of politicians and aid warehouses to Ukraine until impersonate Nazi propagandists.
Western intelligence officials point out that that same Russian service, the so-called GRU, “you are using the talent you have available” to recruit “disposable” agents in Europe with which to sow chaos.
The Kremlin’s strategy has changed, compared to years and decades ago. Although the number of undercover agents has decreased significantly, counterespionage is now carried out by figures of a different profile.
In this work, confidential testimonies continue, the GRU understands that the network of former members of the Wagner Group has proven to be a particularly effective—albeit rudimentary—tool to achieve this.
