Russian mercenary umbrella organization
Redut (Russian : ЧВК «Редут» , romanized : ChVK «Redut» ), also known as Redoubt, Redut-Antiterror or Centre R , formerly known as "Shield",[ 18] [ 19] is a registered Russian Private Military Company (PMC) that is a part of the "Antiterror-family" — a group of PMCs that protect commercial operations of Russian companies.[ 20] [ 21] It is currently deployed by Russia in the Russian invasion of Ukraine .[ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] According to an RFE/RL investigation, concurrent "Redut" is fully controlled by the GRU and acts as a proxy umbrella organization for mercenaries, managing finances, recruitment and logistical supply of various formations.[ 11] [ 12]
It was established in 2008, as a merger of several minor veteran groupings of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service , Russian Air Force and units of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), who had obtained combat experience in military and peacekeeping missions.[ 14]
Members of the group have been convicted of committing war crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine .
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^ "«Армия на полставки». Кто управляет российскими нерегулярными формированиями, воюющими в Украине? Исследование Би-би-си" ['Part-time army': Who runs Russian irregulars fighting in Ukraine? BBC investigation]. BBC News Русская служба (in Russian). Archived from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023 .
^ Osechkin, Vladimir (28 December 2022). "Инсайд из ЧВК Редут в составе 45 ОБр СпН МинОбороны и роли Дерипаски" [Insider from PMC Redut as part of the 45th Special Forces Brigade of the Ministry of Defense and Deripaska's role]. Gulagu.net . Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023 .
^ a b "Расследование "Медузы" о наемниках на войне в Украине" [Meduza's investigation into mercenaries in the war in Ukraine]. Meduza (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022 .
^ "Данные о погибших в Украине: еще 28 военных с Юга России и Северного Кавказа" [Data on the dead in Ukraine: 28 more soldiers from the South of Russia and the North Caucasus]. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Russian). 22 February 2023. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023 .
^ "В Сирии убиты трое наемников из российской ЧВК "Щит". Она занимается охраной объектов, принадлежащих Геннадию Тимченко" [Three mercenaries from the Russian PMC "Shield" have been killed in Syria. It is engaged in the protection of objects belonging to Gennady Timchenko]. Meduza (in Russian). Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022 .
^ "Без "Щита" " [Without "Shield"]. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2022 .
^ "Vladimir Osechkin about PMC Wagner and PMC Redut" . The Odessa Journal . 28 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023 .
^ Miller, Christopher; Seddon, Max; Ivanova, Polina (2 June 2023). " 'Stream' and 'Torch': the Gazprom-backed militias fighting in Ukraine" . Financial Times . Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023 .
^ a b Schemes and Systema Read in Ukrainian Read in Russian. "Inside Russia's Fake Private Mercenary Company Fighting In Ukraine" . RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty . Retrieved 8 December 2023 .
^ a b Sukhankin, Sergey (3 March 2024). "After Prigozhin: The Anatomy of Russia's Evolving Private Military and Mercenary Industry" . Jamestown Foundation . Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024 .
^ "Уловка "Редут". Как ГРУ вербует россиян на войну в Украине" [The Redut Trick: How the GRU Recruits Russians for the War in Ukraine] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023 .
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^ "Ukraine's Parliament Recognizes Wagner as Transnational Criminal Organization" . Kyiv Post . 6 February 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023 .
^ "Проект Постанови про Звернення Верховної Ради України до Організації Об'єднаних Націй, Європейського Парламенту, Парламентської Асамблеї Ради Європи, Парламентської Асамблеї ОБСЄ, Парламентської Асамблеї НАТО, Парламентської Асамблеї ОЧЕС, урядів і парламентів держав світу про визнання російських приватних військових компаній терористичними організаціями" [Draft Resolution on Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine's Address to the United Nations, European Parliament, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, BSEC Parliamentary Assembly, and governments and parliaments of the countries of the world on recognition of Russian private military companies as terrorist organisations]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 May 2023 .
^ "Пехота пуще неволи" [Infantry is worse than bondage]. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). 10 August 2022. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2023 .
^ "Зона поражения" [Damage zone]. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023 .
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^ Osechkin, Vladimir (5 January 2023). "О тайнах руководства ЧВК Редут и ЧВК Вагнер, связи с ВДВ и ФСБ, олигархах…" [About the secrets of the leadership of the Redut and Wagner PMCs, connections with the Airborne Forces and the FSB, oligarchs...]. Gulagu.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023 .
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^ "Long sentences passed on 'Redut' mercenaries fighting Russia's war against Ukraine with Finnish citizen's funding" . Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group . Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023 .
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