 Ramzan Kadyrov plans to set up his private military company. Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov said he plans to set up a private military company after he quits state service. It can be said already now that private military company of Wagner has indisputably proved its effectiveness in military terms and has drawn a line under speculations about its expediency. No doubt such professional units are necessary and needed. That is why I plan when I finish my career in state service to provide competition to our dear brother Yegevny Prigozin and set up a private military group. I think I will succeed in it, he wrote on his telegram channel. According to Kadyrov, Wagner private military company has achieved impressive results in the zone of the special military operation. Despite all the difficulties, Wagner attains its goals in any situation, he added. Kadyrov has many times talked of his intention to resign from his position as Chechen leader, though he has yet to follow through and few take his claims that he will resign seriously. Russian officials have established a tradition of creating their own mercenary companies. Besides the Wagner mercenary company of Prigozin, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has also created his own private military company called Patriot. Russian oil monopolist Gazprom Neft is also establishing another private military company Ukrainian intelligence has revealed. The Wagner mercenary company is notorious for its brutality in conflicts in Ukraine, Syria and African countries. In recent weeks, it has published two videos of the murders by Sledgehammer of two of its recruits that it accused of betraying Russian forces. Wagner is also thought to have recruited around 50,000 convicts in Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine on the promise of a pardon and freedom after six months. Captured Wagner convicts have reported appalling brutality in the company's ranks and assault teams suffering up to 50% casualties in fighting against Ukrainian forces in the key Donetsk Oblast town of Bakhmut. Wagner has been attempting to capture Bakhmut for months but has failed to make significant progress so far.