Gazprom is launching a 'private military.' Could it be the next Wagner Group?
Experts have varied theories for why Gazprom Neft would be inclined to create this organization.
Emily Holland, an assistant professor in the Russia Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College, also points out that Gazprom Neft is primarily focused on natural resources in the Arctic, an area especially crucial as Russian economic interests turn to business with Asia. “The Arctic is developing rapidly in terms of energy infrastructure and drilling, and military facilities, with a number of states involved…including China,” she says.
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