UNHR – June 17, 2020 Original Report UN experts* today warned that reliance on foreign actors has contributed to the escalation of the conflict in Libya and undermined prospects for a peaceful resolution, “all at a tragic cost for the local population”. The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries expressed alarm at widespread…
How a shady network of operatives serves as the tip of the spear in Russia’s global influence efforts with almost no accountability. Amy Mackinnon – Foreign Policy – June 11, 2020 Original Article Late last November, videos of a gruesome killing went viral on Russian social networks. The shaky cell phone footage taken at al-Shaer…
Robert Lansing Institute – June 11th, 2020 Original Article Russian mercenaries from Wagner PMC who are fighting in Libya on the side of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar desecrated Niffati Mosque in Ein Zara in south of Tripoli.Russia’s Wagner mercenaries burned down Niffati Mosque in Ein Zara, south Tripoli, and sprayed anti-Islam graffiti on the wall:…
April 24, 2020 Further violations of international law by Wagner as it used chemical weapons in Libya The Libyan interior minister, Fathi Bashaga, accused the private military company (PMC) Wagner Group to have used chemical weapons against Government of National Accord (GNA) soldiers. According to the Libyan government, their forces were targeted with nerve gas…
Mozambique’s tough conditions overwhelm Russian mercenaries with poor salaries. Pjotr Sauer – The Moscow Times – November 19, 2019 Original Article Mozambique is one of the most difficult environments for troops in the world. Soldiers have to adapt to hybrid warfare in a very special kind of terrain.Unlike African troops, the Russian mercenaries dispatched by…
Russia is using the Wagner Group, its private army, to advance its interests in Libya According to Fathi Bashagha, the Libyan interior minister, Russia is trying to escalate the Libyan crisis to push its interests abroad. By supporting the Haftar government and reviving the networks of the deceased dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Russia is able to…
The excellent American think tank “the Carnegie Endowment” has published a valuable analysis of the secret Wagner Group. It shows how Russia is taking an increasingly heavy-handed approach to geopolitics and conducts its operations stealthily. The author, urges governments to be transparent and let the public know about the atrocities committed by the Private Military…
Ilya Barabanov, Svetlana Reuters, Andrey Soshnikov, Andrey Zakharov, Sergey Goryashko – BBC – 31 January 2019 Original article Six months ago, Russian journalists Orkhan Dzhemal, Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko were killed in the Central African Republic. At that moment, there were several dozen Wagner PMC fighters and civilian specialists in the CAR who could…
The Bell – January 29, 2019 Original Article Yevgeny Prigozhin is the private army for the president Putin Yevgeny Prigozhin’s name has become synonymous with Russia’s informal presence in conflict points where there are its interests, from Syria to West Africa and Venezuela. The Bell found out that the risky assignment to take part in…
