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Russia rebrands Wagner Group, expands spying operations

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Three men in military uniforms and face masks sit on a tank on Russian street at night. The tank bears the letter Z in red.
Members of the Wagner Group sit atop a tank in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on Saturday, June 24, 2023(AP Photo)

A new report by the Royal United Services Institute has revealed efforts to rebuild Russia's intelligence services.

A rebranded Wagner group is offering 'regime survival packages' to leaders in Africa and spies are pursuing the destabilisation of European governments hostile to Moscow.

Guest Joe Inwood, BBC Newsnight International Correspondent previously in Ukraine and Africa

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Alexander Griffiths

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War, Defence Forces
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