Brodyaga; Андрей Михайлович Богатов; Бродяга; Yermak Filatovich Gorbachevol
Commander, 4th Reconnaissance and Assault Company, Wagner
Brief description
Andrey Bogatov (Brodyaga) is an experienced Wagner commander. He commanded the Fourth Assault Detachment during the battle for Palmyra in spring 2016, where he lost an arm — and for which he was awarded the Hero of Russia. He later served with the Hayan Gas Company and with Wagner in Libya in 2020-2021.
For a detailed dossier, see: Uncovering Wagner, undated.
Known associates
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Wagner commanders Dmitriy Utkin, Andrey Troshev, Andrey Bogatov and Aleksandr Kuznetsov were all photographed together at a Kremlin award ceremony with Putin in December 2016 | Meeting | |||||
Wagner commanders Dmitriy Utkin, Andrey Troshev, Andrey Bogatov and Aleksandr Kuznetsov were all photographed together at a Kremlin award ceremony with Putin in December 2016 | Meeting | |||||
Dmitriy Utkin, Andrey Bogatov and Aleksandr Kuznetsov were all among the Slavonic Corps Limited “specialists” evacuated from Syria on 19 October 2013. | Joint service | |||||
Wagner commanders Dmitriy Utkin, Andrey Troshev, Andrey Bogatov and Aleksandr Kuznetsov were all photographed together at a Kremlin award ceremony with Putin in December 2016 | Meeting | |||||
Dmitriy Utkin, Andrey Bogatov and Aleksandr Kuznetsov were all among the Slavonic Corps Limited “specialists” evacuated from Syria on 19 October 2013. | Joint service |
