Problems of legal regulation of private military companies (on the example of participation of PMC Wagner in a Special Military Operation)

In the article, the author analyzes the activities of private military companies and, in particular, the Wagner PMCs, whose participants, among other things, participate in a special military operation (SMO). The author analyzes domestic legislation for the regulation of the activities of PMCs, as a result of which he comes to the conclusion that currently the activities of PMCs in Russia are illegal, as well as cooperation with them. The author comes to a conclusion that forms the question of why the participants of the Special Military Operation from among the PMC “Wagner” are not held criminally liable.