

"Prigozhin will likely try to emulate this path to renewed prominence, but it is unclear if he will be able to do so."Ī Ukrainian tennis player turned soldier has called on major nations to threaten a boycott if Russia and Belarus are allowed to compete in the Paris Olympics next year. It wrote: "Prigozhin became such an influential figure in the pro-war ultranationalist community by directing veiled and outright criticism at the conventional Russian establishment and by promoting the Wagner Group as an elite force that could secure tactical gains that the regular Russian military could not. The US-based think tank said he appeared to be courting ultranationalist figures, Chechen political leader Ramzan Kadyrov, and select Russian military bloggers for support to regain prominance.
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Without convicts, its operational capabilities have been constrained and Mr Prigozhin appears to be seeking to blame the Russian MoD for the lack of progress on the frontlines, the ISW said. Mr Prigozhin's influence has declined after Vladimir Putin demoted or removed his allies from the traditional military command structure and the Russian MoD likely barred Wagner from continuing to recruit prisoners. He appears to be mounting a counteroffensive information campaign against the Russian ministry of defence (MoD) after being sidelined in recent weeks, according to analysis by the Institute for the Study of War. Wagner is a group of hired soldiers which has sent approximately 50,000 mercenaries to fight on behalf of Russia in Ukraine, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin. Surrounded by bodies, a mercenary said the group was losing "hundreds of comrades" every day in a video posted to Gray Zone, a Telegram account thought to be affiliated with Wagner.

The Russian military has cut off supplies of weapons and ammunition to the Wagner paramilitary group amid tensions with its leader, sources said.
