Private company

PMC Potok

Russian private military company

“Potok” is a volunteer battalion or PMC (Private Military Company), which is participating in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to an investigation by BBC News, Financial Times and other media, "Potok" is associated with Gazprom and integrated in GRU's Redut.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Aug 2022Founded1
Potok battalion's insignia
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

“Potok” is a volunteer battalion or PMC (Private Military Company), which is participating in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to an investigation by BBC News, Financial Times and other media, "Potok" is associated with Gazprom and integrated in GRU's Redut.2

Corporate structure

PMC Potok is part of a group headed by Gazprom. 147 entities, 27 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. Aug 2022Founded Founded1

Sources

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