Andrei Troshev was second in command of the Wagner paramilitary group and sided with Vladimir Putin during the June revolt.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has picked someone to lead the powerful Wagner paramilitary group who is likely viewed as a “traitor” by his own men, according to a British military intelligence assessment published Saturday.
On Friday, the Kremlin released photos and a brief transcript of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Andrei Troshev, who previously served as Wagner’s chief of staff. Putin named Troshev the new head of the paramilitary organization after the aborted mutiny in June led by former boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who later died in a plane crash.
This week Putin publicly charged Troshev with leading “volunteer” units in “various combat missions,” including in Ukraine.
