Analysts have varying opinions on what this new role in Ukraine suggests about the group's standing with the Kremlin.
Vyorstka wrote that a Wagner recruiter told one of its journalists that the new military police units affiliated with the mercenary group will"make sure that everyone follows company rules" and"see that there are no thieves or marauders, no beatings, drunkenness, etc."
The recruiter reportedly added that the Wagner police officers would monitor service members with Russia's Defense Ministry, who, the man said,"drink like swine." "Of course..interrogations, operational investigations" would also be part of the work, the recruiter also said, according to Vyorstka.that if the report about the military police units is accurate, then perhaps Wagner is gaining influence rather than losing it.
"According to the report, Wagner is recruiting police officers to work as military police—not to serve as ordinary fighters like the prisoners Wagner has recruited," Katz said in an email."This suggests that Wagner now has an enforcer role similar to that of the regular state security forces and police which traditionally have this role."
Katz continued,"However unpopular Prigozhin might be with the Russian Defense Ministry and other state agencies, Putin is clearly not reining him in but appears to be giving him more authority."
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