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Wagner Group 2.0: Why Russia's Mercenary System Is Here To Stay posted at 09:02:39 UTC via worldcrunch.com -Analysis- “Let’s not forget that there is no Wagner Group anymore,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had declared . “Such an organization, in our eyes, does not exist.” The August 25 statement from came less than two days after the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin , leader of the infamous Russian mercenary outfit, as questions swirled about Wagner's fate after its crucial role in the war in Ukraine and other Russian military missions around the world. How could an independent military outfit survive after its charismatic founder's death? It seemed highly unlikely that President Vladimir Putin would allow the survival of a group after had launched a short-lived coup attempt in late June that most outside observers believe led to Prigozhin's private airplane being shot down by Russian forces on August 23. "Wagner is over,” said the Kremlin critic and Rus