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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.

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This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Wednesday 28 September 2022.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Seventh Report - Guns for gold: the Wagner Network exposed
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Seventh Special Report - Guns for gold: the Wagner Network exposed – Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report
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Seventh Special Report - Guns for gold: the Wagner Network exposed – Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report
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Correspondence

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Correspondence with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Europe) following up on the FAC evidence session on 6 February 2023, dated 28/02/2023 and 09/02/2023
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Oral evidence transcripts

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6 February 2023
Inquiry The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies
Witnesses Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Hazel Cameron (Head of the Human Rights Department at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
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1 November 2022
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Witnesses Mikhail Khodorkovsky (Public figure, former political prisoner and pro-democracy activist)
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1 November 2022
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Witnesses Mikhail Khodorkovsky (Public figure, former political prisoner and pro-democracy activist)
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Written evidence

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Anonymised (WGN0026)
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (WGN0025)
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Protection Approaches (WGN0024)
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Contact us

  • Email: fac@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 4050 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 2996 or facmedia@parliament.uk (media enquiries)
  • Address: Foreign Affairs Committee | House of Commons | London | SW1A 0AA