Replacing Wagner? Uncovering Russia's "Tsar's Wolf" Briefing | Wagner Group | Tsar
On the 13th local time, the UK Defense Intelligence Agency stated in its latest briefing that due to financial pressure, the private military company Wagner Group is attempting to save costs as Russia is likely to no longer fund the organization. The agency wrote, "The Wagner Group may be moving towards a process of downsizing and reconfiguration, mainly to save on employee wages under financial pressure." At the same time, an armed force called the "Tsar's Wolf" is gradually "emerging" on the Ukrainian battlefield. ". This private military force was created by Dmitry Rogozin, former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and former General Manager of the Russian Aerospace Group. It is also Russia's first publicly visible volunteer armed force after the Wagner incident.
Provide technical assistance to Russian troops? "The Tsar's Wolf" has three branches. On July 15th last year, the Kremlin's official website announced that President Putin had signed a decree to remove Dmitry Rogozin, the general manager of the Russian Aerospace Group, from his position, and that the position would be held by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Borisov. Afterwards, Rogozin was not appointed to a new position, and his movements were once a mystery. Until nearly four months later, he made a high-profile appearance again in November last year, announcing the establishment of a military technology organization called "Tsar's Wolf" to provide "technical assistance" to troops participating in special military operations. Rogozin explained that the name of the organization is to commemorate the Russian Volunteer Force, which participated in a series of conflicts in the early 1990s and was founded in 1992 as the "Tsar's Wolf.". He stated that the Tsar's Wolf has collaborated with dozens of Russian developers to manufacture light attack and reconnaissance drones, which will be tested on the front lines. Not only drones, the unit also conducts field tests on various new weapons that have not yet been mass-produced. Rogozin previously revealed on social media that the "Tsar's Wolf" has successfully tested a new mortar "intelligent" targeting system, which will soon "showcase itself" on the front line. He explained that the "Tsar's Wolf" provided the "shortest path" for private companies and developers to test weapon equipment models on the front line. Subsequently, the "Tsar's Wolf" merged with the volunteer special forces "Kuban" fighting in the front line direction of Zaporizhzhia to form the "Tsar's Wolf" volunteer assault team, which has three branches. According to its official social media account, the first four combat battalions have been incorporated into the 58th Group Army in the direction of Zaporizhzhia and are currently engaged in frontline operations. The second part is the "Tsar's Wolf" Military Technology Center, located in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions, responsible for organizing military enterprises to research, improve and upgrade weapons and equipment, and providing drones for the militia and volunteer forces in the Donbass region. The third part is the "Tsar's Wolf" drone combat training center, responsible for training drone operators. The slogan of the "Tsar's Wolf" volunteer assault team is "Whoever comes to the end is the winner!". According to its official platform information, the assault team recruits volunteers aged 21 to 65 on a long-term basis, with a contract period of 6 months and a monthly salary of 205000 rubles, as well as providing health and life insurance. The recruitment information also stated that "Tsar's Wolf" has signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense. Therefore, at the end of the contract, volunteers can obtain the status of "combat veterans" and receive corresponding welfare benefits. Wagner and Prigorn's "imitators"? After the capture of the British "Storm Shadow" cruise missile, Rogozin announced the establishment of the "Tsar's Wolf", it was suspected by the outside world that it was imitating the "rise path" of the Wagner Mercenary Corps and its founder, Prigoren. In a March report, Russian media reported that more and more people are paying attention to Rogozin's "behavior and public behavior" similar to Prigoren's: his words are more forceful and radical, and he has created his own private military company. In an interview in July, Rogozin denied rumors that he was imitating Prigoren to create a "Wagner Group". According to him, the "Tsar's Wolf" is similar to Wagner and some other mercenary groups, but "first of all, we are a private military technology company and combat training center. The" Tsar's Wolf "is an alliance composed of volunteer engineers and soldiers. The goal is to elevate the military's combat capabilities to a new level of technology." After the Wagner incident, the "Tsar's Wolf" gradually appeared in the public eye and "emerge
