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The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies

Inquiry

This inquiry will explore the challenge posed by Private Military Companies (PMCs) that some states use as proxies in conflict and to destabilise fragile countries. It will also examine how the UK Government is responding. The inquiry will focus particularly on the Wagner Group.

Read the call for evidence for more details about the inquiry

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 28 September 2022.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Monday 6 February 2023
3:45pm Private
4:00pm Public
The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies - Oral evidence 6 February 2023
4:00pm
  • Leo Docherty (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
  • Ben Fender OBE (Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
  • Hazel Cameron (Head of the Human Rights Department at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 1 November 2022
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies - Oral evidence 1 November 2022
2:30pm
  • Jason McCue (Senior Partner at McCue Jury & Partners)
  • Professor Jason Blazakis (Executive Director of the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at Middlebury Institute of International Studies, and Senior Research Fellow at The Soufan Center)
3:15pm
  • Mikhail Khodorkovsky
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 19 April 2022
1:30pm Private
2:00pm Public
The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies - Oral evidence 19 April 2022
2:00pm
  • Dr Sorcha MacLeod (Associate Professor at University of Copenhagen, and Chair at UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries)
  • Christo Grozev (Executive Director and ex-Russia investigator at Bellingcat)
  • Dr Sean McFate (Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council, and Professor at National Defense University)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Contact us

We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: fac@parliament.uk
  • Address: Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA