While Wagner Group is the most famous paramilitary force in Russia, there are several other PMCs in the country - many of which are affiliated with the Kremlin.
Wagner Group s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a mutiny in late June, but was very careful in stressing his target was the Russian military leadership rather than Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Yevgeny Prigozhin s Wagner Group mercenaries have been deployed in several nations since 2014 - including Ukraine, Syria and the Central African Republica (CAR).
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, often criticised the Russian military leadership, which he said was guilty of the negative course of the war for Moscow.