The PMC Legion: Russia’s Other Private Armies

Uncover the covert world of Russian Private Military Companies (PMCs) in this eye-opening exploration. From the notorious Wagner Group to emerging entities like Redut and Patriot, discover the geopolitical game-changers reshaping global conflicts.
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[@nrsrymj]

PMCs are illegal in Russia. Well, with the notable exceptions of all the PMCs.

[@MosoKaiser]

*except all the PMCs that are subservient and which the regime finds useful.

[@sarge1408]

Well they gotta get employment somewhere, I mean, how else is an honest warmongerer supposed to make a living?

[@sixgunsymphony7408]

That is what happens when you only have a "parchment constitution" as there is no rule of law.

[@davidvasquez08]

@@sarge1408fair point

[@trenaceandblackmetal5621]

Laws are only a guideline in Russia

[@akakaze1364]

I swear, I find a new channel that this guy runs every other day. Edit: Dad, I'm famous!

[@ThePhantomRonin]

If you can think it, he’ll make a channel for it.

[@Thunderstar7]

True facts

[@irBribe]

He no longer runs my favorites unfortunately. Biographics and geographics.

[@Parabellum-oe3sw]

He’s all over the place xD he must have 2 twins or so to do it 😂

[@reynarwonglar6482]

He is an AI guys

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:40 - Chapter 1 - PMCS ; what & why 9:25 - Chapter 2 - Redut 13:35 - Chapter 3 - Patriot 16:30 - Chapter 4 - Rusich group 20:35 - Chapter 5 - Russian imperial movement 23:45 - Chapter 6 - PMC Gazprom ; Fakel & potok 28:05 - Chapter 7 - The trouble with PMC's

[@realtalk6195]

They forgot to cover Tsar's Wolves PMC (Tsarskiye Volki).

[@centercannothold]

thanks you. KZbin have the chapters fucntional already yet some people barely use it.

[@slugshell2901]

👑

[@chefcorinth]

​@@realtalk6195good catch, I wonder why they didn't

[@mipl9500]

​@@realtalk6195 0😊😊

[@jaroslavostrcilik645]

Only in Russia, you can legally cut your prison sentence by officially joining an illegal organization.

[@anon2034]

lol

[@impyrobot]

It's not illegal in Russia to join a russian PMC as a Russian citizenship.

[@THIS---GUY]

​@@impyrobotPMC are illegal in Russia so it is an contradiction

[@ImBigFloppa]

​@@impyrobotArticle 359 of the 1996 Russian Criminal Code, which states: “Recruitment, training, financing, or any other material provision of a mercenary, and also the use of him in an armed conflict or hostilities, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of four to eight years.”

[@patricksharpe1148]

Or the French Legion. But that spoils the small world view you have.

[@aulddug3634]

Hi Simon, how about a look at western PMC's, it would be interesting to compare them to those in this episode, are they similar in where and what operations they are engaged to carry out? do they conduct their operations in a similar manner? you mentioned a couple of massive western oil companies that have PMC's, it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on those. Cheers Simon keep up the good work.

[@The_North_Star_of_Wall_Street]

Le monde diplomatique the most reputable French news paper did a lot of research on blackwater It’s the same story as Russian PMC Bush granted total immunity. No court can trial them They sniped civilian irakis on highway for fun because they were leaving for USA in a couple days. So they needed a bit a blood. A French reporter was accompanying them which tells you the level of impunity they operate with Russia USA France its all the same crazy warmongers rule us Thé report is at least 10 years old when France still had a bit of free speech left. Since then we have become America’s dog 😢

[@retineyzer1670]

He can't becouse it won't be good image of USA

[@mikes2622]

Pretty sure he did a top 10 list of pmc's is the US after Blackwater was in the news during Iraq.

[@usonumabeach300]

​@@mikes2622wasn't that years before Simon was a KZbinr? Pretty sure it was in 07?

[@mikes2622]

@usonumabeach300 maybe it wasn't when it was actually happening. US only pulled out of Afghanistan 2 years ago and Simon has been making content for a long time.

[@andrewhall2235]

Crazy part about Wagnar is that they approached an American Special Operations veteran to run its precursor in I believe 2011? Idea was to help them secure mine security contracts in Africa. (At this time, US and RU troops had been join training and working together for counter-terrorism. So it's not as bad as it sounds)

[@cultured_recruit_legionary]

Yeah saw a picture of US SOF and Russians SOF together during a training op. Crazy to think not a lot of people know about this.

[@jazzercise300]

Yea makes you wonder where things went south between the USA-Russia. The whole NATO thing seems too simple. I know a lot of people in Russian government lived during the Cold War but still, they're obviously not ideologues. Modern Russia is as far from the soviet system as you can get. Went from an authoritarian communist state to a authoritarian capitalist oligarchy. Idk probably should look more into Russia in the 00s/10s.

[@andrewhall2235]

@@jazzercise300 Russians say it's NATO expansion, specifically into Ukraine, that soured the relationship

[@Bassquake76]

@@andrewhall2235 Russkis just want to be able to re-invade the old soviet republics against their will again.

[@JW-qf2fx]

The US and oil compaines run multiple private mercenary groups, when they themselves are in conflicts they carry out the same function. Of course there is no excusing the sheer brutality and abuse seen much more in the Russian ranks

[@murrayeldred3563]

My favourite PMC......Simon's Private Media Contractor status......

[@adamfrazer5150]

Seriously 👍 Dr Robotnik himself 😂

[@blackbartlaborro7882]

West: *has pmc* East *creates pmc* West: “hey that’s crime!”

[@coconutsmarties]

Yeah that's really not what this video is saying though is it, Igor.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

Western PMCs were like mall cops with guns. They never fought a war with tanks, artillery, etc.

[@MrPovsekakiy]

Yep, that's exactly what that video says, John. ​@@coconutsmarties

[@LaVaZ000]

​@@ChucksSEADnDEADIf you actually believe in that 😂

[@Ninjasty47]

​@@LaVaZ000 Can you provide source if you disagree?

[@ghmratliff]

I would be totally fine if you don't show that tiny TV with the horrible audio quality ever again. I'll still watch almost all of your content. I'm just saying I would be good with that sort of decision.

[@Morningstar100x]

seconded.

[@jasonb3908]

Yeah, love the content but half time I'm just listening to this and not watching it, and it's freaking jarring lol

[@andrewfisher7440]

Was searching for this exact comment to like. Love the videos but not the tiny TV at seemingly random times.

[@spookyghostwriter3110]

I agree entirely. Please cut that out.

[@mynameiszakk]

Agreed!

[@dachavanderlinovo413]

Rusich is more like volunteer battalion, it's not PMC. Also "Rusich" "CH" is spelled like "Che" not like "Kh"

[@nobbynobbs8182]

neo nazi volunteers

[@letrashcan6239]

Rusich has signed contracts with Wagner, so its just a part of Wagner

[@ITheSezarI]

Мильчаков в свои 18 основал ЧВК? За 5 лет до событий 2014 года? И эту хрень на полном серьёзе нам втирают

[@letrashcan6239]

@@UncleRain2077 they litteraly had contracts signed with Wagner

[@yastyman]

@@letrashcan6239 proof?

[@davianoinglesias5030]

PMCs seem to be doing all the heavy lifting, we need more episodes about PMCs from other countries especially USA, China and France.

[@RKGrizz]

Not gonna lie I am not a fan of the poor TV audio sections, why detract from the quality video with random jarring changes?

[@f9658]

PMC Wagner is (or was) the most powerful PMC. They have similar equipments to the Russian army, but not on a large scale. They also have a bunch of members and experience in many regions. Though they seem a lot quieter these days after a few of their leaders were caught in a plane “accident”.

[@jasonellenberg3261]

Gotta be careful when doing coke and playing with grenades

[@J-IFWBR]

@@jasonellenberg3261 also when doin coke, and sending a vlog to gerasimov

[@mingyuhuang8944]

Surprisingly PMCs are illegal in Russia, but apparently not illegal for every PMC

[@nobbynobbs8182]

Since Russia is a lawless maffia state, it's unsurprisingly

[@AndRei-yc3ti]

They're not PMCs since they are under the Ministry of Defense. Wagner was an exception, but that loophole has now been closed.

[@busshock]

I can only imagine the depravity your writers had to wade through while researching this video, props to them.

[@allengordon6929]

He probably had to see that.

[@realtalk6195]

They left out _Tsar's Wolves_ PMC (Tsarskiye Volki).

[@starline7228]

Little to no sources

[@masterlightjames950]

Depravity? Are you talking of Russia or America? This is not My Lai, Mahmudiyah or Haditha massacres.

[@Eshayzbra96]

man you are sheltered. I wonder if a similar video will be made about AZOV?

[@theme6530]

Hi there. Russian (and Japanese) speaking commenter here. Really like your videos, but heard a few times how things are just not pronounced correctly in non-English languages. It's not a big deal and you are making so many quality videos, that some things may slip. But it'd be great to add a transcription of foreign words to the script so that Simon could read them properly and viewers could hear how they actually sound. That includes names of the cities and regions of Ukraine, names of people (Japanese, Ukrainian, Russian, etc), and organizations. For example Rusich (it's pronounced Roo-seech (or -sietch if you're a fan of Dune) and not "Rasic" or "Rasih" as you would read this in German or some other language (as it's in the video). Rusich basically means "Rus person". Other than that - great content, cheers!

[@konradkarlovich5801]

and Alexey Mil-cha-kov , not Mil-kha-khov 😊

[@hughman1356]

Lol simon can't even say words in English properly. 😅 Best of luck with words in other languages

[@user-wk6lr7fg3u]

Какое счастье, что кто-то за меня это сказал, спасибо

[@matthewhager270]

Man, all this talk about PMC is giving me Metal Gear Solid vibes. It kinda makes me wish Prigozion was more like Big Boss.

[@snowsnow4231]

But who's to judge The right from wrong

[@C8G4C3]

Standing here, I realize You are just like mee Trying to make historyy

[@gwyn_ch]

Cringe. Prigozhin is more like Makarov from CoD: MW. Man, big boss is mega mind guy, prigozhin is just bandit that died because of his stupidness.

[@matthewhager270]

@@gwyn_ch no. Prigozion died because of Putin. Lots of people died because of Putin.

[@jasonjacoby]

When real life is just the plot of Metal Gear Solid 4.

[@Hawkass1]

Как русский хочу сказать: ролик очень качественный, удивительно то что иностранный канал выпускает такие видео.

[@gtfortz]

Ага только воды и пиздежа тут дохуя

[@prasselboll]

0:56 Nooo, please... Not the TV-sound 😭 It hurts my ears like Yoko Ono

[@mynameiszakk]

True story!

[@gabrielleite02]

Very insightful, I really wanted to know more about the non-Wagner PMCs. The only one I noticed missing is the mysterious Convoy PMC, operating somewhere south of Ukraine and Crimea. Awesome video 🙌👏👏👏

[@evrazistcrusader]

The mysterious convoy you are talking about is the contingent of Russian troops in Crimea, who have been there since the 90s, when Crimea was still part of Ukraine

[@malcolmliang]

Even their gas company has a PMC that's nice

[@dnskstnk]

It is Roo-seech, not Rah-seekh. Rusich means "a Russian man".

[@gtfortz]

Мильхахов одобхряет

[@gregbilotta2472]

Dang I actually got here early

[@xavierbrock5009]

Yes u did buddy

[@rejvaik00]

Russian pmcs now are basically what the US PMCs had the potential to be prior to 2007 as until that year American pmc's were not subject to the the rules of the American military called the uniform code of military justice or the UCMJ And they did often get away with many unsavory tactics done on the battlefield

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

But they weren't on the battlefield. They did security. They got shot at, they fired back. Not an unsavory tactic. The biggest stain on Blackwater's record was a huge legal misconduct as evidence that would exonerate the contractors was not admitted and evidence was allowed to be introduced by the notoriously corrupt Iraqi police.

[@rejvaik00]

@@ChucksSEADnDEAD they did both, security and battlefield operations But the issue was they were exempt from US military law and that loophole was finally closed in 2007 and now they will not operate like the horrible Russians

[@Theultra4sshole]

@@rejvaik00 really depends on how much you're stretching that "battlefield operations" label there. I was an 11B in Mosul and Baghdad from Aug'05 to Dec'06, and if Blackwater got into any kind of fight without telling us, we'd be out there bagging their bodies. They offered me a quarter mil tax free and I told them to kick rocks because SGLI got them beat. They legit were less useful than a supply unit in a fight, despite the news coverage...I know, we made contact while escorting plenty of supply units. Y'know those "Navy SEALS" Hillary personally killed with her private email server in Benghazi? That right there is why I didn't follow my peers and the money.

[@rejvaik00]

@@Theultra4sshole never said they were more useful than the normal military forces but by the time of '05 and '06 they had a well documented paper trail in their misbehavior Still even with all that they were at the time not subject to the US military law not until 2007 and unfortunately it took one final international incident and civilian casualties to make them so

[@Theultra4sshole]

@@rejvaik00 misbehavior absolutely. But I wonder what you're calling "battlefield operations". Feels an awful lot like media-induced misconception about who and what they were. In Baghdad in late 2006, we saw them as an absolute sh!t show aimed at recruiting the red-suspender skinhead suicide king crowd that "would totally yell at the drill sergeant if he said that to me".

[@isisnmagic1812]

Great video, how the team puts these out it nothing but AMZN, keep up the great work Simon and team.

[@trekkienzl2862]

For about a decade in the early 20th Century, China dealt with a period called the Warlord Era in which following the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, multiple warlords, governors and public figures had their own private armies and militias which would go around fighting each other in what were essentially multiple mini civil wars across the country as these leaders jockeyed for power. These Chinese armies were well organized, operated with a military structure and even had equiplemnt such as Western-made tanks and artillery. Today, Russia has multiple private armies and militias who are nominally loyal to the Putin regime but many of these private armies and militias are well armed with tanks, armoured vehicles, drones and artillery. If or when Putin expires, I can't help but think Russia may find itself dealing with its own Warlord Era.

[@zacu373]

Она уже была называются святые 90е.

[@f9658]

Warlord era Russia will be the most dangerous era for Earth. These warlord groups would compete over nuclear warhead control. Some will give Russian technological knowledge to the West for profit, and some will be loyal to Russia and will attack the militaries of other countries without any fear. It is why Russia needs a strong government with the loyalty of its people.

[@satori8768]

Ну так то в России не много чвк, из всех более менее боеспособным было только чвк Вагнера, а все остальные это структуру редко повышающие по численности 1-2 дивизии, да и то это большая редкость, тот же Русич это вообще отряд в составе Вагнер, а Редут это 16 гвардейская бригада (7000 человек), все остальные мелочь.

[@mikolasambir4466]

​@@zacu373I hope soon you will remember 90s as very good times

[@gallicat9783]

@@mikolasambir4466ukranian zombies repeat and repeat that 9 years 🤣 even longer

[@robertmcneil1295]

When do we get a video on the AZOV units of Ukraine?

[@sergey3533]

This is not democratic.

[@terryadavis3458]

The entire social media is filled with westoids like you crying about azov already 😂

[@lucyarchangel365]

Cuz its really not that interesting. Wow they have nationalists when their country are facing an existential threat? Who would have thought???

[@robertmcneil1295]

@@lucyarchangel365 like Neo-Nazi nationalistic? 😉

[@lucyarchangel365]

@robertmcneil1295 yes. Every single war torn country has them. Russia has literally a dozen neonazi pmc corps. No neonazis have political power in ukraine.

[@dontreadthis908]

Bro. Imagine the crap the US could get done if we could hide behind “oh they’re not military, they’re a PMC”

[@Yunprek]

The US already does that and have been for a while when they need plausible deniability.

[@GrievousReborn]

A gas company with a PMC organization

[@CRC291]

It's crazy to me that Gazprom basically is just a cyberpunk corp with its own military wing

[@SusCalvin]

In Cyberpunk 2020 you could visit and adventure in the European Economic Community and the Soviet Union. The soviets in 2020 were an EEC client/ally with a number of poorer, less stable nations between them and the core EEC nations like France, Germany. The soviet union took another turn after Gorbachev in their world. Reforms and Yeltsin halted. Instead there was a rebellion of increasingly independent state companies and their militias later on. The Soviet Union in 2020 is a wonky balance between the authority of the president and the state security agencies, a handful of now independent former state companies and the organitskaya or mafia groups where each part has an understanding not to step on eachother.

[@PLAYER-xs3nt]

Это Кац от мира запада?🌚

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Keep going with the great work

[@kristianmurphy110]

Please stop with the weird distorted sound changes it’s awful through headphones

[@european-one]

It's just plain awful. Headphones or not.

[@vevovs6075]

Why, when they talk about Rusich, everyone retells Wikipedia, but no one says that they were in Libya and Africa?

[@mandrake925]

The comment about russia not wanting to fight the west just makes sense. Russia has so much natural resources. The amount of money they could of made by just doing business with Europe instead of fighting a war in Ukraine. Russia could of become like norway that have that much natural resources. Could uplifted entire population instead of lining the pockets of billionaires. They chose to be the same russia its been since the tsars.

[@bigzclipz5104]

You think that American elites would allow that to happen

[@DB-wg1tz]

@@bigzclipz5104you think the Russian elites would allow that to happen? Both countries elites are scum. Both countries used to be like siblings and got along till the rich got richer

[@kaiservon2936]

Russia didn’t isolate itself on the international stage, this was their goal in the early 2000s

[@mandrake925]

@@kaiservon2936 ya 2 brutal invasions in Chechnya, attack in Georgia. Maintained relstions with many brutal dictatorships ya they really did nothing to isolate themselves. Gtfo with they did nothing

[@bigzclipz5104]

@@kaiservon2936 what are you even talking about . In the early 2000s Putin supported the war in Iraq along with bush and was also in favor of joining the eu and nato .

[@user-wb1rc3re6v]

Can you do a series about the logistics of war?? Or how wars play out politically?? Thank you I love your channel!

[@GregHMacLean]

I watch your videos across many channels, and have for a long time. I love your content. Also, please stop using that super annoying TV audio thing. IMO it comes off as much less polished and professional than your videos otherwise do.

[@mynameiszakk]

Agreed

[@biggie_slav7006]

One of my favorite channels. Keep up the great content mate!

[@SusCalvin]

One use for PMCs is to disguise losses. If PMC casualties don't make it into official statistics or get a shrug from the public. It can be harder to do the same with the regular army or conscripts. One use for PMCs in Africa is training and support of local units. A sort of PMC cadre with local constabulary or militia troops around them, with the PMCs as advisors, instructors and specialists. It sounds like they have reinvented the old mercenary palace guard. When you don't trust locals enough to not start a palace coup, paid-off outsiders can be an option. I'm getting more curious about what the lower end of mercenaries look like today. A bloke paid $500 to stand and watch and call a certain number once a convoy is in a spot is a sort of mercenary.

[@AndRei-yc3ti]

The Wagner PMC's were all elites though. Their command was all former GRU operatives (except for that one guy from Donbass that fought since 2014 but proved himself as a talented commander). The lower level troops are all guys who got dismissed from the army/spetsnaz/vdv for various reasons. The Wagner's aren't/weren't regular soldiers. This was proven by their abilities to fight in urban environments without sustaining huge losses, inventive tactics and the ability to shoot down large amounts of Russian Army Air (that even the AFU hasn't succeeded in). There was a few instances where Wagner used prisoners to get to difficult to reach positions but this was more an exception than the rule.

[@SusCalvin]

@@AndRei-yc3ti Russian companies pay a lot more than the army. The army already pays a lot more on paper than any civvie job in the poorer republics. The federal armed forces also have a core of troops of that quality. These sort of units also suffer the most depletion during a conflict. A lot of russian para units were important parts of the first offensives. The companies lack the logistics and support functions of national armies. There's no Wagner rear hospital service or Wagner munitions factories. Providing a cadre to build a local national force around is something they can provide.

[@AndRei-yc3ti]

@SusCalvin Wagner had its own artillery units, tanks, APCs, etc. They were fully functional as an independent force except they didnt have their own factories as far as i'm aware (they even had their own food production). But you are right - Wagner fighters are currently being used to train new cadre and are staffing military academies teaching new recruits what they know. If that is good or bad, i'm not sure

[@SusCalvin]

@@AndRei-yc3ti Wagner has as much hardware as the russian MoD lets them. From what I understand of their putch attempt, they had pilfered material for months and had little way of replacing it once they got started. The amount of support each frontline soldier needs just keeps increasing with modern mechanized warfare. I mean that this is one of the much more common jobs of military contractors. Russian contractors in Syria were training local syrian troops and advising them. Other contracts in Africa have done similar jobs and formed cadres for local units to build on. People buy the training of a contractor sort of. They buy specialist skills like pilots, signalists etc.

[@semaj_5022]

Note to editor: please stop using the grainy "old tv" voice effect. It's jarring and distracts from taking in the information being presented. The rest of the editing is great, but the TV bit is unpleasant and I am far from the only one thay feels that way. Otherwise great video as always, guys!

[@spacecase13]

Same here. It's very jarring for this headphone user.

[@jonathanwick1265]

Russian Neo-Nazis always crack me up. They live in an alternate universe where the Nazis didn't invade the Soviet Union and slaughter millions of people or the Nazis didn't see the Slavs as inferior and wanted to subjugate them and use them as slave labor.

[@bm2618]

You know any nation/group of people or race can be nazis. Nazism isn’t something only Germans can be it’s literally an ideology any race can practice

[@tyazhelove3495]

it just says that you are not familiar with the ideology of the Russian neo-Nazis at all. None of them praises Hitler or the German nation. In general, everything is based on neo-paganism and the praise of the Slavs and Russians in particular. They take the experience of the Third Reich and transform it into something else. They don't treat the Germans very well, and their enemies are the peoples of Central Asia and the Jews.

[@hairytentacle3924]

We can use our German trophies any way we like. We can even larp as NS Germans, why not?

[@swe1733]

If the German Nazis considered the Slavs inferior, then why can't the Slavic Nazis consider the Germans inferior? I don't see any contradictions here.

[@lucyarchangel365]

​@@hairytentacle3924because youve always been as evil as they were but just not as competent

[@ashdqfo]

частные военные компании россии. А газпром то тут причем

[@sqocks8254]

I'm not really a fan of the voice transition at 0:51 It makes it quite hard for me to hear what exactly Simon is saying.

[@ericgagnon1492]

Thanks!

[@MyHandelsMessiah]

0:55 - 2:49 - please stop doing the old TV box cutaway It sounds horrible

[@lyricaltumor8240]

I am an avid follower of most of your channels, Simon, but the Warographics might just be my favourite. That being said, these recent cuts in editing where you switch to old timey TV and change the audio output are just weird, and out of place. I don't see them as adding any quality to the production, and usually take away from the flow of the video, as I find myself rewinding to relisten a part that was hard to catch. Other than that, hands down, your team of writers, editors and you as a presenter are an amazing content producers, and I thank you for countless hours of high quality, entertaining, educational and sometimes just silly, work you do. Cheers mate!

[@ninera6347]

Yall be making videos I didn’t even know I wanted to see

[@TheMrReactorcore]

It'd be interesting to see a video about Vidkun Quisling. The name now synonymous with "traitor" in multiple countries!

[@jermainepalmer1554]

new subscriber i love wathcing your videos

[@Andy-te1mw]

It's pretty surprising that Simon and company haven't started world domination

[@RandomDeforge]

this is phenomenally detailed. but why in the world do you not provide sources? your writers took the information from somewhere. how hard is it to drop in the source while writing the over all script? takes mere seconds to open a shared doc and copy paste the source details as you write.

[@stefankatsarov5806]

I like Simon too. But his info isnt aways the best, its more overal or not that deep. Politically correct too. I will asume he dosnt whant problems so he dosnt show his sources. That or he whants to lie to us and dosnt whant us to look the things he has used and call him out.

[@lly_09]

Isn't that funny for a "warographics" channel

[@SalehSingh44]

It’s best to think of this as a opening for people to explore further. The mainstream channels usually don’t do the extra bits cuz their overall audience is one that likes the “broader view”. Honestly how many people will check out the sources and verify em, not many. Most just wanna consume and think they know it all.

[@LaVaZ000]

​@@SalehSingh44You'd thing the mainstream channels would actually go into more detail as so not to misinform a huge audience

[@SalehSingh44]

@@LaVaZ000 lol I remember a Indian movie where “religious fanatics” start to riot because of some news but turns out they were rioting at the wrong shops/area 😂😂. The cop stationed to take care of the situation called the PM of the district and said “let it be”, more tax collections for us. In this case, instead of taxes it’s clicks and views ig. You will notice it’s always a channel with like 3K or 7K subs with 5k views per video that usually offer word for word analysis sadly.

[@nikolaytinick6382]

офигеть Россия стала популярной на мировом уровне

[@samuelgibson780]

Cool video!

[@just_another_nerd]

"Rusich" is actually pronounced more like "roosich" ("roo" as in "kangaroo", ending sounds as in "teach"). The word's meaning is akin to "russian" or "slavic", only it is an old word, not in use anymore in everyday russian language. This PMC is particularly nasty...

[@TheWayOfTheWind]

I was cringing when he pronounced the former Ukrainian leaders name as a Yanukovik, like make some effort to pronounce these things somewhat properly.

[@bad_writer]

He pronounces literally every name & word wrong lmao

[@chaosXP3RT]

Fascists

[@mitrogulf4073]

​@@chaosXP3RT They are not fascists (Even China or the USA can easily fit some definitions of the criteria of fascism), the ideology is different, rather an alternative to the National Socialists of 3rd Reich and to some extent, anarchists. Moreover, they are in conflict with Russian ethno-nationalists from other battalions (national conservatives, monarchists, and so on). Because in their opinion, Rusich goes too far and parodies the ideology of those who killed Russians also because the Slavs were considered untermensch. In addition, they are criticized by others for the fact that the Rusichs use the flag of the house of the Romanovs + use it upside down and at the same time wuth the Kolovrat (this is a relatively new symbol-attribute accepted unofficially among pan-Slavists as a symbol of the Slavs), while the Romanovs and the Empire itself are rather associated with Orthodoxy (which to some extent contradict each other, because Kolovrat also refers to paganism wich Orthodoxy got rid of on the territory of old Rus), they are criticized for using eclecticism, symbolism not according to purpose.

[@chaosXP3RT]

@@mitrogulf4073 The co-founder of Ruisch, Alexey Yurievich Milchakov literally saidon camera in 2020, I'm not going to go deep and say, I'm a nationalist, a patriot, an imperialist, and so forth. I'll say it outright: I'm a Nazi". You can say, "even the USA and China meet some criteria of Fascism", but a better example of Fascism would be the Russian government and it's supporters. I highly encourage you to watch Russian state TV and listen to what they say.

[@user-sv1qm6eq7t]

Rusich (rositsch) is not a pmc,they are a volontere group,michaltschuk is not the founder,rhe group was foundet back in the 2nd chechen war,some rositsch members have worked for wagner (like slavian the 2nd kommander)

[@RR-us2kp]

Can you make a video on fourth and fifth generation warfare and future of warfare in general?

[@Danielzabojca]

Thanks for explaining, like you always do! And I had a thought. Holy sh*t. Remember when back in the day that Hideo Kojima's MGS 2: Sons of Liberty came out, and it had an entire part that 'predicted' the future? What if the Russian PMCs are not using that game as a game, but a literal manual/how-to guide?

[@allengordon6929]

They're too stupid for that.

[@Free-Bodge79]

Get a grip of yourself. ! 😂

[@coconutsmarties]

I've been honestly shocked lately by how much of the future Kojima accurately predicted. He was big on unmanned drones too, a good while before they were reliable and useful enough in the real world. Hell, MGS4 is basically the game version of this video!

[@Alec-zm2bb]

Fuck yes

[@allengordon6929]

@@coconutsmarties unconventional warfare is kind of his favourite subject, given he grew up on 80's action movies.

[@arx3516]

I think that the advantage given by PMCs isn't plausible deniability, (everyone knows who they work for) but rather expendability. Remember when Wagner tried to take a refinery held by american forces? If those were regular troops the russian military would have been obligated to support them, with the risk of starting a war with the USA. But since they were Mercenaries the russian military could simply let them die.

[@justinbrowne2071]

What u have just explained is plausible deniability not expendability

[@arx3516]

@@justinbrowne2071 can you plausibly deny what everyone knows for certain?

[@timbirch4999]

​@@arx3516Yes, you CAN plausibly deny what everyone knows. If everyone knows something, but can't PROVE it, then that is the very definition of plausible deniability. For example: Wagner commits war crimes. We all know they work for Russia. But Russia can deny that THEY committed war crimes, because it's not THEIR military forces, it's a private company that they were paying. "Can't blame us boss, we just paid them to do XYZ. You'll have to talk to the PMC about any naughty business".

[@Dan19870]

This could be the start of a new series. I'd like to hear more about US and UK PMCs such as Blackwater, Aegis, G4S and Vinnell just to name a few. Then if that Video does well take a look at PMCs from the EU.

[@kgb85MD]

They woun't because your pmc's shoot only the bad guys all the other countries are soo bad ! Britain strong and etc the only country in the world untill ww1 that killed more peoople then the all 20 century authoritarian regimes combined

[@Sinful_morality]

Man, this channel is great but the editors sudden new propensity for altering the audio to sound like an old tube radio or TV or whatever is really fucking annoying, and I know I'm not the first one to say this.

[@MrBiggezzer]

Yo Simon, it would Be interesting on what you can dig up on the ChiCom PNCs protecting the “Belt & Road” projects. Allegedly they are the biggest PMCs in the world. Makes the Russians rank Amatuers.

[@ignatcommaignatov]

Simon, I absolutely love your Warographics videos! But this CRT distorted voice that you've been adding recently into the edits, I don't think it works well with the overall aesthetic.

[@davidguerrero4474]

Feels good to be here before the thousands of comments about to happen

[@truckinconvoy7312]

Ohh my, editor, 2:45, cut that shit out.

[@european-one]

Yeh that's really fkn annoying

[@Omneyvdwatering]

I am a Simon fan. I don't like that old TV editing effect though

[@freeman3920]

ДШРГ Расик, это пять!

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

"Unlike the government, we don't keep secrets of our capabilities. We don't sell policy, we sell power. We are a super power for hire." -- Jonathan Irons

[@johnecoapollo7]

More like a heavily armed state sponsored and equipped gang for hire in this instance so the polar opposite of Atlas.

[@No_No57]

Why don't you tell me who exactly was destroyed by the Rusich battalion? Rusich destroyed the Azov battalion, which consisted of the same Nazis, only from Ukraine. And Azov posed with Nato flags, Nazi Germany and the black sun.

[@jonathangrafton4016]

No, that was the Russian military proper, Rusich has never had the capabilities necessary to take on Azov's full force.

[@user-yz6ms5mp5i]

It's not "rasik" It's 'r' - 'u' (like put) - s - ch (not like kh, but like in chain) Rusich (easer to say roositch). Genius production!

[@imperial_corner]

I know adsense isn't giving you any love on this one. Thanks, Simon!

[@esense9602]

Wagner is still active especially in Africa.

[@terranceaddison4599]

You don't say...😒

[@terranceaddison4599]

You don't say...😒

[@SavageFreedom]

I'm quite surprised any of your situation videos didn't cover the Myanmar situation.

[@benrockefeller6334]

He did in one of the first three, mentioning operation 10/27 and the others. He just hasn't been back to it yet due to his limited time per video.

[@Ashy_Slashy3]

I met a guy from Wagner. He was really chill

[@johnathonherring2583]

We love you. We love what you do. We still hate that audio filter. You know the one....

[@animelolipillow4567]

I've been wanting to learn more about Russia's PMCs so thanks for this video!

[@stephenbarabas6286]

Then go to a library.... Do your research... Don't depend on a talking head on KZbin to tell you truths.... Everything is slanted no matter how neutral talking heads claim to be.

[@animelolipillow4567]

@@stephenbarabas6286 ah thanks, forgot my small, local village library has a plethora of books about modern day Russian PMCs. Thanks for reminding me. Nob.

[@nicolasolton]

​@@stephenbarabas6286Only one that matters anymore is Shoigu's "Patriot". (Assuming they survive the post-Putin bloodbath, but they probably will...)

[@coconutsmarties]

​@@stephenbarabas6286And everything is slanted.. except for the books in that library, eh?? 🙄

[@asavelakuse6865]

Your question depends on interest, need and availability. Shockingly France's failures in Africa have been a boon to send a few thousand PMCs to fight in Africa. Kidal Mali is a perfect example because they act as mercenaries means they don't follow human rights and only answer to their clients and handlers. For the Russian military this means it gets rid of the hot heads( Wagner, Rusich and others) and also means it can use the freed prisoners cause alot of actual killers don't have any skills to find work already in the States it's hard to rehabilitate prisoners so sending them to a dirty hell hole in Ukraine, Syria or Africa to die for the government's benefits and be seen as heroes while doing so seems to good of a prospect. One former criminal who was seen negatively came back as a hero after being pardoned as he fought in Ukraine. Examples like this will likely convince many to want to join these are rapists, murderers and a cannibal in one report that was freed after fighting not the type of ending many people would want for cannon fodder but life is a funny thing sadly.

[@satori8768]

Лол, насильники и каннибалы не набирались в чвк Вагнер) это фейк, брали далеко не всех и каждое дело рассматривалось по отдельности.

[@pacificostudios]

An interesting comparison would be between present-day Russian Federation and Warlord Era China before 1949.

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

I remember seeing some show advertising some organization with the bat on it's logo, all the way back in the mid-to-late 90's, but I thought it was just a branch of the Spetsnaz or Omon. 🤔

[@theoneandonly7213]

Russia won a war against NATO. Kudos to them

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

NATO is losing? How many troops are involved?

[@Drizzit57]

Russia hasn’t engaged a single NATO unit. If it had…well we all know how that would go. You see NATO military equipment actually works. Maybe Russia should work on that corruption issue they have had since the first Tsar….how much time does it need to solve that issue?

[@sergey3533]

@@ChucksSEADnDEAD The entire Ukrainian army. It is stronger and more motivated than the rest of the Western army. 😆 And the main war is not taking place on the fields.

[@LastNameInTown]

This was great. Can you please do an new/updated version of this but on the US PMCs or would they be called something like "Defense Contractors"? You know like AirScan, Academi (Formerly known as Blackwater and Xe and it is part of the Constellis Group), Custer Battles, Jorge Scientific Corporation, KBR, MPRI, Inc, MVM Inc, Northbridge Services Group, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Titan Corporation, Triple Canopy (Another part of the Constellis Group), Unity Resources Group (Unity Resources Group Pty Ltd) & the Vinnell Corporation. I do try and watch every upload you have, I cannot find anything like this about the US or any Western PMCs apart from some mention of Blackwater in Afghanistan.. If I missed one can someone point me to the title, please. Thank you to the Waropgraphics team! ✌

[@secretsquirrel1534]

I use to Work for Blackwater and Xe and others over the Decades !

[@gunterthekaiser6190]

Tbf some *could* be considered private security rather than PMCs. Which makes them more akin to high-level civilian contractors. Don't think most of those you mentioned have the capabilities to fight on equal footing with a state army.

[@LastNameInTown]

@@gunterthekaiser6190 They are literally listed as US PMC by the US Govt. Try google before presumption. Also, some of the Groups named in this video are toy soldiers in comparison to every company I named...

[@yosemitedam9607]

This is a very relevant and very overlooked aspect of the war in Ukraine. I was aware of other PMCs but didn’t understand who they work for or the dynamics between them. I feel like their involvements are generally attributed to Wagner by most people in the media. Your videos are always interesting but this sheds some light on something that is ongoing. 👍

[@valdemariv394]

Compare to wagner all others had minimal effect on the battlefield.

[@OscarSchneegans]

That's it. I give up trying to keep up with all these Vladimirs.

[@stevenjohns-savage7024]

Wow 😊. It has got that TV sound 😮

[@N1nja372]

Я горжусь что у нас есть Вагнер и Русич я поддерживаю всё что они делают

[@SpasiboSpas]

Я тоже укр нацик и рус нацики друг друга перебьют минусы нет только плюсы

[@nameless7699]

Enlightening. I wonder how many the US has being the most militarized nation in the world

[@0816M3RC]

We have none. Nothing like Wagner anyways.

[@nameless7699]

@@0816M3RC simple google search proves otherwise😬

[@thrwwccnt5845]

@@nameless7699 nah

[@realtalk6195]

@@0816M3RC That's a lie. The US is who made PMCs mainstream in the 2000s and even came up with the label. Russia was over a decade late.

[@FixedGearFox]

@@realtalk6195 The only difference is, is the US acknowledged using them, while r*zzia does not. Oh, and America never hired prisoners into their PMCs, cyka.

[@user-lx5pv7nd3l]

The first modern private military company (PMC) was the British Watchguard International. Make a video on that subject..

[@iantinley2779]

Don't do that thing where you muffle your voice while playing something on a fake tv again.

[@scum-scum]

Real talk, the notable absence of Patriot during Wagner's original march to Rostov-on-Don was the dead giveaway that Prigo was never really seen as the threat all the Western media tried to drum him up to be. Nevermind that he was never on the level to challenge Putin, as a lot of people were spinning the story into, but even Shoigu didn't see him as threat enough to loose his dogs. These are deep and murky waters, one could probably do a few hours' worth of content just trying to make sense of Ru PMCs. And all the research and production hours wouldn't have been wasted, either...

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

What would be the point of using Patriot when they're smaller in number and strength than the actual army? They sent airplanes and helicopters to attack the convoy. They saw it as a threat. And Wagner shot down multiple of the. But because Shoigu's merry band of gunmen wasn't deployed it wasn't "real"?

[@SusCalvin]

I think they had hoped for more support from other oligarchs, security units and blokes on the street. That did not happen. Wagner and other PMCs do not have their own heavy logistics at the scale to function during high-intensity conflict between nation-states. From what I understand, they had been squirreling away supplies for several months to be able to pull this off.

[@scum-scum]

@@ChucksSEADnDEAD Not saying it wasn't real, just that it wasn't anywhere near the scale people attributed to it.

[@scum-scum]

@@SusCalvin That sounds plausible. Definitely more plausible than any tale that was spun during the media coverage of the incident.

[@SusCalvin]

@@scum-scum The media coverage of the immediate events wasn't faulty here. They got together in a convoy, captured an army command hub and just almost missed the higher commanders. They passed through some smaller towns where cops and rear troops did not resist them. The air force started to duel with them. In Moscow, oligarchs started evacuating. A lot of interior troops who would have mobilized against a coup had apparently been used as stopgaps in Ukraine. No other oligarchs stepped up with them, and even if they said so they didn't have large amounts of army deserters actively on their side. It looked like people mostly waited to see what would happen.

[@impyrobot]

Please remove this TV segment it's very hard to watch

[@pauldannelachica2388]

This will be a great story in a Game call of duty. Russian PMC

[@Ndhavuko_nyiko]

Got the video early today

[@Rizzler2169]

Arguably some of the best channel's on KZbin if not THE best.

[@yaroslavmsk1]

Too biased

[@ianblake815]

I wish I could be in a PMC

[@secretsquirrel1534]

Depending on Age and Experience Many are Hiring !!!

[@oldworldpatriot8920]

@@secretsquirrel1534unless you served for at least 5 years in a branch of the military forget it. There are VERY stringent requirements and Wagner only hired convicts out of prison to use as bullet fodder so their experienced troops would have an easier time

[@h20na]

добро пожаловать в Вагнер😉

[@ramonvazquez1045]

Nice

[@jeremydennis6988]

Dam good video

[@lukedodson3441]

War has changed...

[@sergeymanakov6267]

Rusich reads as "Rooseatch", The Russian in old-russian language. Really cool guys! Milchakov is "Meel-thca-khov" RID isn't PMC, pure volunteers

[@dachavanderlinovo413]

Rusich are cool guys

[@benrockefeller6334]

All of these are theoretically volunteer organizations. All mercenaries are volunteers, at least in theory.

[@dachavanderlinovo413]

@@benrockefeller6334 Rusich is still volunteer Battalion. Patriot, Wagner, Redute etc are funded by big Russian companies and government, Rusich is not. Rusich would have been like Azov if it was fully supported by Russian Government

[@benrockefeller6334]

@@dachavanderlinovo413 That's not the point. All mercenaries are theoretically volunteers regardless of their employer.

[@shadowslayer9988]

Seems like this guy just described every PMC group and how they operate not only just Russia PMC groups.

[@georgeclontd4984]

My question is. Who will be the next Wagner PMC?

[@asavelakuse6865]

Wagner still exists jus reduced for obvious reasons.

[@MrDibara]

As in, the next PMC to turn on Putin? *Beats me.* I don't think NONE of them have that idea _right now!_ XP Now, if you mean who will become the next "most notorious Russian PMC" like Wagner used to be, well... based on the video, maybe Redut? 🤷‍♂️

[@esense9602]

Wagner still exist in Africa, they even help Malian soldiers to recapture the city of Kidal last month.

[@nicolasolton]

Patriot will probably be the king.

[@SerbianRuski]

Wagner isn’t gone, yevgeny son took over the company, And the commanders and structures are still in place, they are now cooperating with the Russian Guard, With almost no bureaucracy, and also they still in Africa and soon they will be deployed soon into Ukrain again according to telegram channels