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The most interesting story today: Putin insists that Russian #mercenaries fighting for Haftar via Wagner/Prigozhin are not his. Which means the Russian nationals can fight for or against their proxy master depending on Putin's whim. reuters.com/article/us-lib…
Eugene Prigozhin, for those who don't recognize the name also diddled in the US and many other elections. Again "Putin Denies This"... but Prigozhin's and his "Concord " group is busy in Libya, CAR, Syria Sudan, Mozambique etc via numerous sub-companies. coed.com/2019/04/18/yev…
Four of Prigozhin's employees were caught in Libya meeting with potential candidates what was going to be an election. Which side where they working on? All of them. rferl.org/a/moscow-found…
Prigozhin has gone from hot dog stand owner to running a vast network of private companies that both service the Russian military directly via contracts and doing proxy work for Putin overseas. Prigozhin's efforts are Byzantine and opaque. Well why not? fpri.org/article/2019/1…
That still does not mean the mercenaries work for the Russian State, but it means the Russian state can control the activities of the fighters if they ever want to return home. We will learn soon who their actual paymaster is. dailysabah.com/africa/2020/01…
More and more reports from Syria, Libya and Mozambique also point to serious setbacks and casualties using experienced, but under equipped Russian mercenaries with no real situational experience or support base where they are fighting/working meduza.io/en/feature/201…
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