Back دميتري أوتكين Arabic Dmitri Utkin Azerbaijani Dmitry Utkin BCL Дзмітрый Валер’евіч Уткін Byelorussian Dmitri Utkin Catalan دیمیتری ئوتکین CKB Dmitrij Utkin Czech Dmitri Walerjewitsch Utkin German Ντμίτρι Ούτκιν Greek Dmitri Utkin Spanish
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| Native name | Дмитрий Валерьевич Уткин |
| Birth name | Dmitry Valerievich Utkin |
| Born | 11 June 1970 Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 23 August 2023 (aged 53) Kuzhenkino, Bologovsky District, Tver Oblast, Russia |
| Cause of death | Airplace crash |
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| Service/ | GRU (1993–2013) |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel (1993–2013) |
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| Awards | Order of Courage (4) |
Dmitry Valerievich Utkin (Russian: Дмитрий Валерьевич Уткин) (11 June 1970 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian military officer and mercenary. He served as a special forces officer in the GRU, where he held the rank of lieutenant colonel.[1] He was the co-founder and military commander of the Russian state-funded Wagner Group, with his military alias reportedly being Wagner.[2][3][4][5][6] Utkin was reportedly a neo-Nazi. He rarely made public appearances, but was allegedly the commander of the private military company, while Yevgeny Prigozhin was its owner and public face.[7] Utkin was awarded four Orders of Courage of Russia.
Utkin was killed on 23 August 2023 when a plane carrying him, Prigozhin and eight others crashed in Tver Oblast, leaving no survivors.[8][9]
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- ^ Sukhankin, Sergey (18 December 2019). "Russian PMCs in the Syrian Civil War: From Slavonic Corps to Wagner Group and Beyond". Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Wagner, shadowy Russian military group, 'fighting in Libya'". BBC News Russian (in Russian). 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022.
- ^ Rabin, Alexander (4 October 2019). "Diplomacy and Dividends: Who Really Controls the Wagner Group". Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Rondeaux, Candace (7 November 2019). "Tracing Wagner's Roots". New America. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Rondeaux, Candace (7 November 2019). "Forward Operations: From Deir Ezzor to Donbas and Back Again". New America. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "In Prigozhin's shadow, the Wagner Group leader who stays out of the spotlight". Global News. 29 June 2023. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Prigozhin confirmed dead after genetic tests – Moscow". BBC. 27 August 2023. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ Méheut, Constant (27 August 2023). "Russia Officially Confirms Prigozhin's Death". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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