There are more than 30 PMCs besides Wagner in Russia. Some point to that as a sign that the Russian elite class is preparing for an...
Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose Wagner band of mercenaries helped in the invasion, says, "The war wasn't for demilitarizing or denazifying Ukraine."
Russia's heavy military losses have led to a surge in private military companies. But this could result in a mafia-type power struggle in post-Putin Russia.