The Russian Defense Ministry cannot control PMCs linked to Russian officials and businessmen, analysts say.
The Russian Defense Ministry cannot fully control individual Russian private military companies (PMCs). This is stated in the report of analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
According to them, the Russian Ministry of Defense cannot fully control some Russian PMCs associated with or sponsored by Russian officials and businessmen. In particular, the Russian publication Dossier reported that Arkady Rotenberg, a longtime associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the Russian state bank VTB gave more than 300 million rubles ($3.04 million) to Konvoy PMC since end of 2022.
In addition, Russian energy companies Promresurs and Ugol Trading also gave 109.5 million rubles ($1.11 million) to PMC Konvoy, although none of them made a profit matching the amount of the donations.
Gauleiter of the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov also supports the PMC Convoy.
The PMC Convoy was allegedly based in occupied Perevalnoye, Crimea, and was operating in the direction of Kherson after the initial defense of Russian logistics lines on the Melitopol-Dzhankoy highway.
In the summer of 2023, this PMC consisted of 400 people who received a salary of 200-300 thousand rubles (2,030-3,045 US dollars) per month.
The continued private financial and political support for the Konvoy PMC and its continued activities in Ukraine separate from the command structure of the Russian Defense Ministry indicate that the Russian Defense Ministry cannot fully integrate the irregular formations into the regular armed forces of Russia, despite its declared intentions. to do this, analysts believe in ISW.
The founder of PMC Konvoy Konstantin Pikalov was once associated with the Wagner group and was associated with the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Russian General Staff.
Recall that the British Ministry of Defense suggests that Russia stop funding the private military company Wagner. However, mercenaries can be paid by the Belarusian authorities.
PMC Wagner announced 22 thousand dead
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Source: korrespondent
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