A photo of Dmitry Utkin leaving a helicopter as shared by the Wagner-linked Grey Zone Telegram channel In May 2014, Utkin together with a group of Slavic Corps veterans became the commander of his ...

They include Dmitry Utkin, who is believed to have given the mercenary group its name. Russia also says Valery Chekalov, who is believed to have been crucial to the group's finances, was on board.

MYTISHCHI /Moscow Region/, August 31. /TASS/. Dmitry Utkin, commander of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) has been buried at the Pantheon of Homeland Defenders federal military memorial ...