Russian Hong Kong-registered military contractor
The Slavonic Corps (Russian : Славянский Корпус ) was an 18 January 2012 established firm registered in Hong Kong [ 1] [ 4] [ 5] as a private military contractor (PMC) that operated during the Syrian civil war for 113 days after which many of these fighters established the Wagner Group .[ 6] [ 7]
^ a b "Registration Document" . Hong Kong Companies. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 25 August 2014 .
^ "Ukraine's Parliament Recognizes Wagner as Transnational Criminal Organization" . Kyiv Post . 6 February 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023 .
^ "Проект Постанови про Звернення Верховної Ради України до Організації Об'єднаних Націй, Європейського Парламенту, Парламентської Асамблеї Ради Європи, Парламентської Асамблеї ОБСЄ, Парламентської Асамблеї НАТО, Парламентської Асамблеї ОЧЕС, урядів і парламентів держав світу про визнання російських приватних військових компаній терористичними організаціями" [Draft Resolution on Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine's Address to the United Nations, European Parliament, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, BSEC Parliamentary Assembly, and governments and parliaments of the countries of the world on recognition of Russian private military companies as terrorist organisations]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 May 2023 .
^ Коротков, Денис (Korotkov, Denis) (30 October 2013). "Ландскнехтов в Сирию послал Петербург" [Landsknechtov sent St. Petersburg to Syria]. Fontanka (in Russian). Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023 . {{cite news }}
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^ Коротков, Денис (Korotkov, Denis) (30 October 2013). "Ландскнехтов в Сирию послал Петербург" [Landsknechtov sent St. Petersburg to Syria]. Fontaka (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023 . {{cite news }}
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^ Яппаровой, Лилии (Yapparova, Lilia) (5 July 2018). "Золото Вагнера. Сколько платят за живых и мертвых наемников, как российские военные компании делят Африку, и кто стоит за новой ЧВК «Патриот»: Рассказы бойцов и их родных в репортаже Лилии Яппаровой" [Wagner's Gold. How much do they pay for living and dead mercenaries, how Russian military companies divide Africa, and who is behind the new PMC "Patriot": Stories of fighters and their relatives in the report of Lilia Yapparova]. Dozhd (tvrain.tv) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023 . {{cite news }}
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^ Дергачев, Владимир (Dergachev, Vladimir); Згировская, Екатерина (Zgirovskaya, Ekaterina) (24 March 2016). "Российские наемники в боях за Пальмиру: В Сирии под Пальмирой могли погибнуть российские наемники" [Russian mercenaries in the battles for Palmyra: Russian mercenaries could have died in Syria near Palmyra]. Gazeta.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 17 December 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2023 . {{cite news }}
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