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Putin expands Rosgvardia's role

President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree establishing a General Staff within the National Guard (Rosgvardia), expanding ...
VLADIMIR Putin is looking to protect his regime from “emerging threats” within his own forces, analysts have warned. Two major security institutions are being subordinated under Chief ...
The Rosgvardia, Russia's National Guard, has begun recruiting pardoned convicts who are veterans of the Wagner mercenary group, the independent Russian news outlet Important Stories reported on Sept.
Demonstrators angered at a jail sentence handed to an activist have faced off with police outside a courthouse in one of Russia's biggest protests since Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine ...
Russia's national guard is integrating former Wagner Group fighters into a volunteer formation. Britain's defense ministry said Rosgvardia will likely deploy these fighters to Ukraine or Africa. It's ...
Analysts say the changes appear designed to shield the Kremlin from internal threats following past instability. Power ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is arming his personal force of soldiers with "heavy weaponry" to strengthen Russia's National Guard following the Wagner mercenary mutiny in June, according to a new ...
Moscow has looked to recruit Wagner veterans back into service and integrate the remnants of the force into a militarized guard headed up by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s former bodyguard. "The ...
The deputy chief of Russian’s National Guard was reportedly detained Thursday amid news that Russian President Vladimir Putin is cracking down on disloyalty within his ranks following the invasion of ...
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