Why There Are No Western Mercenaries in Ukraine
Recently many speculative reports have appeared in the Russian and Western media quoting various Russian and Ukrainian sources about the presence of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine. Due to a lack of understanding of the difference ...
... in combat – this is in their human nature. A legitimate question comes to mind: what society and state can do about these people? It is precisely the conflicts that permit modern societies to at least partially address this problem by providing mercenaries with a field of activity. Mr. Alexey Fenenko, Candidate of Historical Sciences and Leading Researcher in the Institute of International Security Issues of the Russian Academy of Science, shared his view on this topic.
Alexey Valerievich, how ...
Private military and security companies have often been characterized as modern mercenaries, an accusation that merits serious consideration, as mercenarism is illegal under international law. Although they have not been officially deemed unlawful, an examination of the relevant normative context reveals substantial inconsistency ...
... the context of armed conflict, and are not actual members of the regular armies of a party to the conflict, as they are not incorporated into any military chain of command. Due to these characteristics, PMSC personnel have often been described as mere mercenaries, an accusation that the companies themselves vehemently deny; understandably so, since mercenarism is illegal under existing international law. Some observers have supported the view that PMSCs and their personnel should not be classified ...