Redut

Redut
Redut
ЧВК «Редут»
	Logo of the PMC Redut
Also known as	Expeditionary Volunteer Assault Corps
Founders	Sergey Epishkin (Isakov); Anatoly Karaziy; Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev;
Leaders	Anatoly Karaziy; Davor Savičić; Col. Andrei Troshev; Col. Sergei Salivanov; Lt.-Col. Mikheev Ivan Pavlovich †; Cpt.-Lt. Matlaev Artem †; Maj. Konstantin Mirzayants;
Dates of operation	2008–present
Size	200–300 (2019); 2000+ (2022); 7000 (2023); 25000 (2024);
Part of	Ministry of Defence (Russia) (since 2022)
Battles and wars	Russo-Georgian War; Syrian Civil War; Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Northern Ukraine Campaign Capture of Chernobyl; Battle of Kyiv; ; Eastern Ukraine Campaign Battle of Donbas Battle of the Siverskyi Donets; Battle of Bakhmut; Battle of Avdiivka; Battle of Vuhledar; Battle of Chasiv Yar; ; Battle of Kharkiv; Battle of Balakliia; Battle of the Svatove–Kreminna line; ; Southern Ukraine Campaign Siege of Mariupol; ; ; ;
Designated as a terrorist group by	Ukraine
Website	redut-czentr.narod.ru/

Redut (Russian: ЧВК «Редут», romanized: ChVK «Redut»), also known as Redoubt, Redut-Antiterror, Redut Security or Centre R, formerly known as "Shield", is a registered Russian Private Military Company (PMC) that is a part of the "Antiterror-family" — a group of PMCs that protect commercial operations of Russian companies. It is currently deployed by Russia in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to an RFE/RL investigation, concurrent "Redut" is controlled by the GRU and acts as a proxy umbrella organization for mercenaries, managing finances, recruitment and logistical supply of various formations.

It was established in 2008, as a merger of several minor veteran groupings of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Russian Air Force and units of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), who had obtained combat experience in military and peacekeeping missions.

Members of the group have been convicted of committing war crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.