Robin van der Lugt

Robin van der Lugt is a Blue Book Trainee at the European External Action Service’s Counter-Terrorism Division. He previously worked as a Research Associate at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. He holds an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Antwerp and a Master of Advanced Studies in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law. All views expressed are his own.

Revisiting Plausible Deniability: Putin’s Admission and the Wagner Group Paradox

By Robin van der Lugt / June 3, 2025

This post forms part of the Wagner Symposium hosted by the Armed Groups and International Law blog. The introductory post can be found here. The symposium seeks to foster deeper discussion on how best to address the Wagner Group and its affiliated entities. On June 27, 2023, three days after the abrupt end of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s …

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