The group emerged during the war in Donbas, where it helped Russian separatist forces in Ukraine from 2014 to 2015. Wagner played a significant role in the later full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine...
The organization is said to cooperate with the Ukrainian mafia in the cigarette smuggling business. The Ukrainians would smuggle the cigarettes from Ukraine and Eastern Europe into Italy, where with the help of the Contini clan it supplies the Neapolitan market.
Outside Russia its also present in: Ukraine , Israel , United Kingdom , France , Spain , Hungary , United States .
European strongholds include ... Ukraine
the club subsequently opened chapters in the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates.
Country: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, the UK and the US.
Kadyrovite volunteer units participated in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February.
Territory: Russia , USA , European Union , Ukraine , Georgia and all other post-Soviet states .
As of the beginning of 2018, the Night Wolves now have chapters in Russia , Ukraine , Germany , Bulgaria , Serbia , Romania , Australia , Slovakia , Belarus , Philippines , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Montenegro , Czech Republic and North Macedonia .