President Vladimir Putin has today signed a decree ordering all members of the Wagner mercenary group to pledge allegiance to the Russian state.
Signing the order on Friday, Putin's latest decree extends to all other Russian private military contractors, meaning all must take an oath of allegiance to the Russian state.
It comes just two days after Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was presumed killed in a plane crash en route to Moscow.
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