Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has launched a youth club aimed at fostering patriotism and preparing young Russians for military service. The club, called Wagneryonok (“Junior Wagnerite”), is based at the Wagner Center, the group’s glass-fronted headquarters and technology center that opened in St. Wagner, which for years operated in the shadows, has embraced the limelight following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, claiming a leading role in Moscow’s offensive in eastern Ukraine and openly feuding with the Defense Ministry