The Russian parliament is working on a bill to regulate private military companies, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday after reports that an unknown number of Russian military contractors were killed in ...

Russia is using its private military companies (PMCs) on a massive scale to wage war against Ukraine and maintain its ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The owner of the Russian Wagner Group private military contractor actively involved in the fighting in Ukraine has predicted that the war could drag on for years. Yevgeny ...

Private contractors have been used by countries like the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan for years; Russian law forbids the hiring of mercenaries or working as one.

The Russian Orthodox Church creates its own private military companies on the territory of the Russian Federation. These groups engage in the recruitment and combat training of mercenaries among ...

Some of Russia’s biggest state companies have recruited fighters, as Moscow struggles with manpower shortages and Ukraine prepares a fresh offensive.

Russia is using the private military contractor Vagner to beef up its frontline forces in its invasion of Ukraine, British military intelligence said on July 18.

The owner of the Wagner private military contractor made his most direct challenge to the Kremlin yet on Friday, calling for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defense minister. The ...

The recent deaths of Russian fighters in Syria have, for the Kremlin, cast an uncomfortable spotlight on the world Russian military contractors that hire out mercenaries.