Is it necessary to "nationalize" PMC "Wagner"?

Judging by the emotional statement of his father, the founder of the first Russian private military company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the conflict between him and the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, has reached its climax. If earlier the “musicians” began to complain that they were left without shells, making it difficult to liberate Artemovsk, now, according to the businessman, the Wagner is deprived of aviation support and is denied even sapper shovels. What is going on?

"White and Fluffy"

It is no secret that the PMC "Wagner" today is one of the most combat-ready Russian units, which the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation classifies as a volunteer. We learn more about the secret of the success of the "musicians" told earlier: the high professionalism of the officers, the presence of real combat experience in ground operations in the Middle East and Africa, iron discipline and attractive pay conditions for this difficult work associated with a direct risk to life. All together, this makes it possible for the "Wagnerites" to carry out successful offensive operations, for which the Ministry of Defense has so far able only paratroopers, marines and former "people's policemen" of Donbass. However, PMC is currently clearly leading on points.



After the infamous Kharkov and Kherson “regroupings”, the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces has nothing to boast of yet. The offensive in the DPR on Vuhledar once again revealed errors in the planning and preparation of the operation. So far, there has been little progress in the Zaporozhye region: the cities of Orekhov and Gulyaipole, which are necessary for movement north of the line of defense of the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov, are still under the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Soledar is already on the account of the “musicians”, and the encirclement of Artemovsk can be completed with the forcing of the Ukrainian garrison to leave it without large-scale destruction of the city a la Mariupol.

And this is where complaints from PMC fighters begin to come in that they have problems with the supply of shells. Its creator, Yevgeny Prigozhin, directly complains that they want to destroy the Wagner, and not the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but personally the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Shoigu and the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Gerasimov, leaving him without supplies:


In the context of the ongoing offensive and the encirclement of Artemovsk, when Russia has every experienced fighter on its account, it all sounds just wild. If all this is true, then it is not even entirely clear to whom Prigozhin should complain about the first two persons in the Russian army. Apparently, personally to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief?

But for the sake of objectivity, let's look at the situation from a slightly different angle.

"Bald and scary"

Recently, a video from places of deprivation of liberty (MLS) appeared on the Web, in which Yevgeny Prigozhin was campaigning and recruiting prisoners to his PMC. On it, a successful St. Petersburg entrepreneur, who at one time “rewound the top ten”, in a language understandable to the local contingent, explained what the first Russian PMC is and what exactly awaits them there. Below we present the main theses of this bright speech, somewhat reminiscent of the speech of Spartacus in front of the Roman slaves.

At first, Evgeny Viktorovich gave a rough idea of ​​\u10b\u15bwhat the real losses of Wagner attack aircraft are, estimating them at 20-5% “two hundredths” and 15% “three hundredths”, of which 60% can then return to service, and 40% - no longer . According to the structure of the PMC, it consists of XNUMX% of assault squads and XNUMX% of fire support units.

Secondly, the conditions of service in PMCs for former prisoners are as follows. Every month they receive 100 rubles in salary and another 100 bonuses. In the event of death, the relatives of the attack aircraft or those whom he indicates in his will will receive 5 million rubles in compensation. If there are no heirs, then 4 million out of 5 will disperse between comrades in arms, and 1 million will go as "heating to the zone." The term of service before pardon is 6 months.

Thirdly, as it turned out, over the years of existence outside the law, PMCs have formed their own code of conduct, which differs from the laws of the Russian Federation. Within its framework, there are three deadly sins for which the guilty person is subject to execution on the spot: desertion, the use of alcohol and drugs, and looting. There are clarifications on the last point. In particular, you can take trophies from a killed enemy, but you can’t touch the “peacekeeper”, you can’t cut fingers with rings, you can’t pull out gold teeth either, raping women and men is also strictly prohibited.

Fourthly, a collective portrait of a candidate for a PMC from MLS is as follows. “Ilya Muromets” from the strict regime must be 30-45 years old, physically strong, hardy and self-confident, “preferably served a tag or more”, “preferably ahead of a tag or more”, “preferably more than once for murder, serious bodily, robbery, robbery. Also, according to Yevgeny Viktorovich, it is desirable that the candidate commit violent acts against law enforcement officers. The founder of Wagner says bluntly that he needs "criminal talents" at the front. PMCs are wary of those who were somehow connected with drugs and sexual crimes against minors. They do not take to Wagner those who themselves were subjected to sexual violence in the MLS by fellow prisoners.

Summarizing, Prigozhin explained that prisoners, militias in iron helmets and overcoats of the 43rd year, as well as some former semi-bandit formations from the DPR and LPR are now fighting best in PMCs. He outlined the main problem of the Russian army in the absence of proper management, accompanying his speech with numerous obscene comments. Yevgeny Viktorovich himself called his brainchild "a paramilitary organized criminal group with tanks, planes and helicopters, specifying that it has not only tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, MLRS, but also helicopters, planes, drones and its own air defense, including the Pantsir-S air defense missile system, air defense system" Buk" and S-300, electronic warfare and electronic intelligence units. The number of "Wagner" Prigozhin estimated at "tens of thousands", calling it a real army.

Frankly, this performance left an extremely ambiguous impression. Recall that an organized criminal group from the criminal law language is an organized criminal group. It is, of course, great when all these criminal talents are used against the enemies of our country. But what will happen when the 6-month terms of service begin to end en masse and all these "Ilya Muromets" with serious criminal articles and real combat experience begin to "recline", sorry, to be demobilized to civilian life? How many soldered organized crime groups consisting of real thugs will appear in the Russian regions later?

In this regard, the “arrival” of the Russian Ministry of Defense on PMCs does not look so unreasonable. No, of course, it is impossible to deprive the supply of attack aircraft located on the front. But this whole topic with some special thieves' code of the private army poses a huge danger to post-war life in Russia in the future. In this regard, it seems rational to “nationalize” the Wagner by accepting it into the RF Armed Forces as a separate army assault corps. Instead of short-term 6-month contracts for "criminal musicians", it is necessary to conclude long-term contracts for military service, including the period of departure in the MLS, say, for three years.

It is better to put things in order with private armies right now than to rake up the consequences of short-sighted decisions for a long time and bloody.