Intervention of Russian Private Military Forces in the Conflicts of 21st Century
![handle is hein.journals/ijlmhs12 and id is 767 raw text is: International Journal of Law) Management & Humanities
Intervention of Russian Private Military
Forces in the Conflicts of 21st Century
SUTANUKA SINHA RAY' AND LAXMIPRIYA DAS2
ABSTRACT
As long as there are Sovereign Nations Possessing great power, War is Inevitable.
-By Albert Einstein.
War has been a gravitating concern since time immemorial. States are more fascinated
to privatize the essentials, and War is one among them. Among the Sovereign States,
Russia has never failed to remain in limelight. Russia extends its Private Military
Contractors (PMCs) in disputes in the post-Soviet space as well as in the Middle East
and North Africa places where it has political and economic interests. Hence, Russia's
Military influence has been spread worldwide. So, without much delving into the history
of privatization of war in the State, the Authors wish to play up with the exercise as to
how the above State runs the business of War followed by the laws or the rules it adheres
to, its Private Military Contractors in state policy and its participation in war.
Thousands of Russian private Military contractors are fighting overseas and getting
assassinated but anyone could hardly find their name in defence ministry of Russia or in
any official record. It is totally undisclosed. The growing intervention of Russian Private
Military Force (RPMF) is increasing threat to international humanitarian law. Hence in
this part the authors will discuss some notable intervention by RMPF in some deadliest
conflict of 21st century. In there the authors will further elucidate the role of RPMF in
Syrian Civil war, Ukraine conflict, intervention in Africa and in most contemporary
conflict ofNagorno-Karabakh and the consequences. In the second part, the authors will
try to throw a light on the legal status of those private mercenaries with respect to
international law and Russian Municipal Law. Lastly the authors will finish the article
with the discussion of challenges associated to private mercenaries and authors'
perspective towards this.
Keywords: Privatized War, Humanitarian Intervention, Private Military Contractors,
State Policy, Mercenaries.
1 Author is a student at School of Law, KIIT (Deemed to be University), India.
2 Author is a student at School of Law, KIIT (Deemed to be University), India.
© 2021. International Journal of Law Management & Humanities [ISSN 2581-5369]
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