555; Дмитрий Валерьевич Уткин; Ninth; Вагнер
Served Soviet Army (1988-1999); Second Separate Special Forces Brigade, GRU, Pskov Oblast until 2012; 584th spetsnaz detached company serving in Budennovsk (after Basayev's attack; fought in Second Chechen War near Staryye Atagi; participated in repelling Chechen invasion of Dagestan 1999; started receiving military pension in 2013; registered with 700th detached unit of spetsnaz (subordinate to 2nd brigade spetsnaz, GRU) until 2018; member of Moran Security Group
Brief description
Dmitriy Utkin was one of the founding members of Wagner, whose call sign became the name of the whole group. He was responsible for organising field operations, including recruiting and training (New America, 2025).
Utkin was known to have an affinity for the Third Reich; some other members of the group and other paramilitaries shared these views (Margolin, 2024:17), but these did not appear to represent the ideology of the group as a whole.
Known associates
Person 1 | Person 2 | Details | Type of relationship | ⛲ Media sources | 📜 Academic sources | Core relationship |
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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 | |||||
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 | |||||
Yevgeniy Prigozhin corresponded with Dmitriy Utkin eight times. | Correspondence | |||||
Dmitriy Utkin was Andrey Troshev’s subordinate within Wagner. | Employment relationship | |||||
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 |
