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Also known as Dmitry Valerievich Utkin, Ninth, Wagner

Russian military officer, founder of Wagner Group (1970–2023)

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Type
Person
Active from
1952

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Key facts

Native name
Дмитрий Валерьевич Уткин
Born
( 1970-06-11 ) 11 June 1970, Asbest , Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union
Died
23 August 2023 (2023-08-23) (aged 53), Kuzhenkino , Tver Oblast, Russia
Cause of death
Airplane crash
Allegiance
Russian Armed Forces (1993–2013) Slavonic Corps (2013) Wagner Group (2014–2023)
Branch
GRU (1993–2013)
Rank
Lieutenant colonel (1993–2013)
Commands
2nd Spetsnaz Brigade (1993–2013) 700th Spetsnaz Detachment Wagner Group (2014–2023)
Conflicts
Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War
Awards
Order of Courage (4)

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Encyclopedic overview

Dmitry Valerievich Utkin (Russian: Дмитрий Валерьевич Уткин; 11 June 1970 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian military officer and mercenary. He served as a special forces officer in the GRU, where he held the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was the co-founder and military commander of the Russian state-funded Wagner Group, with his military alias reportedly being Wagner. Utkin was a neo-Nazi. He rarely made public appearances, but was allegedly the commander of the private military company, while Yevgeny Prigozhin was its owner and public face. Utkin was awarded four Orders of Courage of Russia.

Utkin was killed on 23 August 2023 when a plane carrying him, Prigozhin and eight others crashed in Tver Oblast, leaving no survivors.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dmitry Utkin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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