2023-06-27 18:17:24
When the group of mercenaries Wagner it was still moving in the shadows, it was said that Dmitri Utkin Black leader. But it is actually Wagner’s No. 2, and as such was one of the protagonists of last Saturday’s coup attempt, during which he led one of the columns that intended to reach Moscow. Utkin is sanctioned by the United States to be one of the leaders of the group he leads Yevgeny Prigozhin and by Council of the EUwhich considers him “responsible for serious abuses against human rights committed by the group, which include tortures, executions i extrajudicial killings».
His undisguised sympathy for German fascism it has not prevented him from being part of the regular Russian Army, where he was until 2013. In images that have made the rounds on the networks, you can see tattoos on his chest and shoulders SS, a paramilitary group who was the personal guard d’Adolf Hitler. In 2014 he was a founding member of Wagner. At first, they were a group of men with military experience without a name, and it is noted that he came up with the idea of naming it after Wagnerlike the famous german composer, one of the German dictator’s musical references. In its ranks there would be other supporters of this totalitarian ideology, among them the group Rusich (“Russian” in German), which shines without funnels nazi symbols and Russian imperialist flags.
This is the Wagner commander leading the invasion of Moscow, his name is Dmitry Utkin and is a Neo-Nazi racist.
You see him in the bottom half of the left picture with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
Wagner is Putin’s creation, yet you have some Africans celebrating Neo-Nazis… pic.twitter.com/htO6r5lBuq
— Hopewell Chin’ono (@daddyhope) June 24, 2023
Cape of Wagner
In addition to having extensive military experience, mainly in the wars in Chechnyafought with Wagner both al Donbass – in the east of Ukraine – as a Syria. When the mercenary group was taking its first steps, he was already part of the battalions that helped the Kremlin’s pro-Russian allies in Donetsk and Lugansk. Russian media they pointed him out to be behind the death of some leaders of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Lugansk with Alexei Mozgovoy and Pavel Dremov.
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In 2015 Utkin should fought in Syria with other company mercenaries, where they were vital in supporting the pro-government side of the Civil War, in which they fought jihadists and pro-democracy rebels who wanted to overthrow the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The following year produced his last known public appearancein which he was seen close to the Russian president, Vladimir Putinbecoming one photo with him. Then he was receiving the Order of Courage, an award that is obtained for “acts of selfless valor and courage”. Utkin’s presence at the aforementioned event was confirmed by the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskovalthough he did not mention any link of this with mercenaries.
After Wagner’s fall from grace, it is unknown whether he will be part of Wagner’s contingents in the Central African Republic, Syria or prefer to go to Belaruson the leader of the group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has already arrived. Presumably, from there the group will be refounded to continue with activities in different parts of the world.
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