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The Wagner Group is back, Russian regional media says — and led by Prigozhin's son
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Novosibirsk-based outlet NGS.RU also reported on Wednesday that Wagner has started recruiting fighters, citing a source in the mercenary organization’s local branch.
Social media accounts promoting Wagner’s Perm office on VKontakte and Telegram listed several requirements for prospective recruits on Tuesday.
In posts titled “We’re coming back,” they said those hoping to sign a contract will need a Russian passport for operations outside the country, records of their families and close relatives, and vaccination certificates.
Notably, the recruitment posts said applicants have to provide documents showing that they have no criminal record or history of drug abuse — a reversal of when Wagner hired Russian inmates to reinforce its troops in Ukraine.
Pavel Prigozhin, 25, now stands to inherit much of the oligarch’s wealth and has been rumored for several months among Russian military bloggers to be the successor to the Wagner Group.
The Defense Ministry has also established other private military companies to recruit Wagner’s men, particularly in Africa or the Middle East, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a US-based think tank.
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