Vadim_Gusev

Vadim Gusev

Vadim Gusev

Private military company owner


Vadim Gusev is the owner of Slavonic Corps Ltd, a private military company based in Hong Kong.[1] He once worked for RusCorps.[2] The FSB interrogated and ultimately charged Gusev with a violation of Article 359 of the Russian Criminal Code,[2] over his role in Syrian civil war.[3][4]

Gusev was ultimately jailed in October 2014. He faced up to eight years imprisonment but received a three-year sentence. Regular squad members were reportedly unpaid and faced no prosecution in Russia.[5]


References

  1. Weiss, Michael (21 November 2013). "The Case of the Keystone Cossacks". Foreign Policy.
  2. Rondeaux, Candace (7 November 2019). "Forward Operations: From Deir Ezzor to Donbas and Back Again". Decoding the Wagner Group: Analyzing the Role of Private Military Security Contractors in Russian Proxy Warfare. New America.
  3. "The Last Battle of the "Slavonic Corps"". The Interpreter. 13 November 2013.
  4. "Slavonic Corps (Syria)". Pro-Government Militias Guidebook. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  5. Eremenko, Alexey (28 October 2014). "2 Jailed in Russia's First-Ever Mercenary Conviction". The Moscow Times.

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