Vadim Gusev Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Michael . Weiss . The Case of the Keystone Cossacks . Foreign Policy . 21 November 2013.
  2. Book: Rondeaux, Candace . 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 . 7 November 2019.
  3. News: The Last Battle of the "Slavonic Corps" . The Interpreter . 13 November 2013.
  4. News: Slavonic Corps (Syria) . 2 April 2023 . Pro-Government Militias Guidebook.
  5. News: Eremenko . Alexey . 2 Jailed in Russia's First-Ever Mercenary Conviction . The Moscow Times . 28 October 2014.

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