Valery Chekalov

Valery Yevgenyevich Chekalov (Russian: Валерий Евгеньевич Чекалов; 10 January 1976 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian mercenary leader, head of logistics of the Wagner private military company, and a close confidant of Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. Chekalov was Wagner's "logistics mastermind" and controlled several Prigozhin-linked front companies that coordinated Wagner Group activities in Libya and Syria, including managing mercenaries, securing weapons, and running Wagner's business operations in Syria and Africa. For his activities on Prigozhin's behalf, the United States sanctioned Chekalov in July 2023.

This article is about the mercenary logistician. For the test pilot, see Valery Chkalov.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Yevgenyevich and the family name is Chekalov.

Valery Chekalov
Native name
Валерий Евгеньевич Чекалов
Birth nameValery Yevgenyevich Chekalov
Born(1976-01-10)10 January 1976
Vladivostok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died23 August 2023(2023-08-23) (aged 47)
Kuzhenkino, Tver Oblast, Russia
Cause of deathPlane crash
Buried
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Chekalov was killed on 23 August 2023 in a plane crash in Tver Oblast, alongside Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin.

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