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==Wagner mutiny==
==Wagner mutiny==
Under Russian law, neither the Wagner group nor any other private military company (PMC) can operate on the territory of Russia. After the annexation of the four new republics to the Russian Federation by referendum in the fall of 2022 - [[Donetsk]], [[Lugansk]], [[Zaporozhye]], and [[Kherson]] - the Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) ordered that the Wagner group be incorporated into the regular Russian armed forces when the Wagner group's current contract with the Ministry of Defense ran out in June 2023. The new arrangement stipulated that all members become contract soldiers directly to the Ministry of Defense. Faced with losing control over the group, Wagner CEO Evgeny Prigozhin opposed implementing the new rules.
Under Russian law, neither the Wagner group nor any other private military company (PMC) can operate on the territory of Russia. After the annexation of the four new republics to the Russian Federation by referendum in the fall of 2022 - [[Donetsk]], [[Lugansk]], [[Zaporozhye]], and [[Kherson]] - the Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) ordered that the Wagner group be incorporated into the regular Russian armed forces when the Wagner group's current contract with the Ministry of Defense ran out in June 2023. The new arrangement stipulated that all members become contract soldiers (''kontraktniki'') directly to the Ministry of Defense. Faced with losing control over the group, Wagner CEO Evgeny Prigozhin opposed implementing the new rules.
13 Russian pilots were killed by the mutineers, and Gen. [[Sergey Surovikin]] was relieved of his command of Russian forces in the [[Special Military Operation on the territory of Ukraine]].
13 Russian pilots were killed by the mutineers, and Gen. [[Sergey Surovikin]] was relieved of his command of Russian forces in the [[Special Military Operation on the territory of Ukraine]].