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Евгений Пригожин зарегистрировал компанию в Осиповичском районе, Reformation, 22 VII 2023, https://reform-by.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/reform.by/evgenij-prigozhin-zaregistriroval-kompaniju-v-osipovichskom-rajone/amp [accessed: 22 VII 2023].

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Запомнившиеся события августа, смерть Пригожина, Левада-Центр, 1 IX 2023, https:// www.levada.ru/2023/09/01/zapomnivshiesya-sobytiya-avgusta-smert-prigozhina/ [accessed: 1 IX 2023].

Источник: врио главкома ВКС назначили генерала Афзалова, Риа Новости, 23 VIII 2023, https://ria.ru/20230823/afzalova-1891645152.html [accessed: 23 VIII 2023].

Картаполов заявил об окончательном расформировании ЧВК «Вагнер», РБК, 2 XI 2023, https://www.rbc.ru/politics/02/11/2023/6543d4389a794741e8fa258e [accessed: 3 XI 2023].

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Наемники ЧВК Вагнера объявили, что закрывают свою главную базу в краснодарском Молькино, Meduza, 17 VII 2023, https://meduza.io/news/2023/07/17/naemniki-chvk-vagnera-ob-yavili-chto-zakryvayut-svoyu-glavnuyu-bazu-v-krasnodarskom-molkino [accessed: 17 VII 2023].

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Песков подтвердил встречу Путина с Пригожиным и командирами «Вагнера» 29 июня, Интерфакс, 10 VII 2023, https://www.interfax.ru/russia/910904 [accessed: 10 VII 2023].

Против двоих боевиков ЧВК «Вагнер» в разных регионах России возбудили дела об изнасиловании 13-летних девочек, Важные истории, 30 VIII 2023, https://storage.googleapis.com/istories/news/2023/08/30/protiv-dvoikh-boevikov-chvk-vagner-v-raznikh-regionakh-rossii-vozbudili-dela-ob-iznasilovanii-13-letnikh-devochek/index.html [accessed: 30 VIII 2023].

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Путин поздравил российских военных с освобождением Артемовска, Tacc, 20 V 2023, https://tass.ru/politika/17804025 [accessed: 19 I 2024].

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Степура А., Колишні бійці «Вагнера» справді перебувають на Бахмутському напрямку, це психологічна операція, Суспільне Новини, 27 IX 2023, https://suspilne.media/581703-kolisni-bijci-vagnera-spravdi-perebuvaut-na-bahmutskomu-napramku-ce-psihologicna-operacia-evlas/ [accessed: 27 IX 2023].

ЧВК «Вагнер» предложила бойцам найти другую работу из-за конкуренции с Минобороны и Росгвардией в Африке и на Ближнем Востоке, Важные истории, 30 VIII 2023, https://storage.googleapis.com/istories/news/2023/08/30/chvk-vagner-predlozhila-boitsam-naiti-druguyu-rabotu-iz-za-konkurentsii-s-minoboroni-i-rosgvardiei-v-afrike-i-na-blizhnem-vostoke/index.html [accessed: 30 VIII 2023].

Legal acts

Geneva Conventions for the protection of war victims of 12 August 1949 (Journal of Laws of 1956 no. 38 item 171).

Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), adopted in Geneva on 8 June 1977 (Journal of Laws of 1992, no. 41, item 175).