BUSINESS
PMC Wagner Legitimizes in Russia, Followed by Presidential Protection
At approximately 0700 EST reports began to emerge that the Wagner Group had officially registered under the Russian Unified State Register of Legal Entities as a non-joint public stock company, with Alexei Tensin serving as the CEO. This is the first time since the foundation of Wagner by Yevgeny Prigozhin in 2014, that the organization has appeared on any Russian government databases as a legitimate entity.