Mercenary

This is coolbert:

From the Internet web sit "Russia Beyond" and thanks to same.

Consider Wagner PMC hardly the first use of foreign mercenaries in Russia. 

Think rather a very long and proud tradition of the foreign mercenary in Russian service.

1. "Foreign troops that fought for the Russian Empire"

HISTORY | APR 02 2021 | BORIS EGOROV.

2. "7 most famous foreign mercenaries in Russian service"

HISTORY | OCT 09 2023 | article by BORIS EGOROV.

3. "Mercenaries in Russia: How Westerners shaped the army"

HISTORY | OCT 16 2017 | article by ALEXEY TIMOFEYCHEV.

4. "5 foreign military commanders that brought glory to Russia"

HISTORY | OCT 12 2020 | BORIS EGOROV.

Also within the context of the Ukraine Conflict consider the case of Cuban citizens as enticed to enlist in the Russian army. Things just aren't as they were in the olden days.

coolbert.