in a separate development on saturday, a far right sub unit of wagner, known as rusich, said it was stopping military operations in ukraine. earlier, i spoke to retired rear admiral mark montgomery about the wagner mercenary group s future without prigozhin. great to have you with us. thank you so much for taking the time. so now, in the wake of the presumed death of yevgeny prigozhin, we have a situation in which president putin, as we know, is ordering russian troops to swear allegiance to russia. i mean, they have proved reluctant before. they enjoyed better conditions when it comes to pay, at least, under wagner. what do you foresee happening here? well, first, thank you for having me, helena. and that s a great question. i assume at this point that you have to look at wagner as two different entities. one is the overseas in africa, syria, libya wagner group, which i am confident will continue to exist. it will probably transition to the russian military intelligence arm, the g
with it taking immediate effect. it comes two days after wagner leaders were presumed killed in a plane crash. in a separate development on saturday, a far right sub unit of wagner known as rusich said it was stopping military operations in ukraine. earlier i spoke to retired rear admiral mark montgomery about the wagner mercenary group s future without prigozhin. great to have you with us. thank you so much for taking the time. so now, in the wake of the presumed death of prigozhin, we have a situation in which president putin, as we know, is ordering russian troops to swear allegiance to russia. i mean, they have proved reluctant before. they enjoyed better conditions when it comes to pay, at least, under wagner. what do you foresee happening here? well, first, thank you for having me, helena. that s a great question. i assume at this point that you have to look at wagner as two different entities. one is the overseas in africa,
yet fifa s decision to suspend him gives this whole affair an international dimension. spain is hoping to host the 2030 men s world cup in a joint bid with portugal and morocco, but the concern is that this crisis in spanish football could undermine that candidacy. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. russian president vladimir putin has called on all employees of wagner and other russian private military contractors to swear an oath of allegiance to the russian state. the decree applies to anyone participating in military activities in ukraine, assisting the army and serving in territorial defence units. he signed the order on friday, with it taking immediate effect. it comes two days after wagner leaders were presumed killed in a plane crash. in a separate development on saturday, a far right sub unit of wagner known as rusich said it was stopping military operations in ukraine. earlier i spoke to retired rear admiral mark montgomery about the wagner mercenary group s future without prigo