Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Russian and local authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the murder of three Russian journalists in the Central African Republic shortly after their arrival to make a documentary about the presence of Russian mercenaries. Reporters without Border – August 1, 2018 Original Article Orkhan Dzhemal, a well-known…
Prigozhin is a puzzling figure. Although he started with a professional background in catering in the Russian market, he was able to plunge deep into African affairs, across a large array of industries, plundering all kind of natural resources, muzzling governments and overtaking competitors. The Moscow Times – June 5, 2018 – Original Article His…
The Bell – Anastasia Yakoreva – June 4, 2018 Original article As it became known to The Bell, after the meeting of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev with Sudanese President Omar Bashir, a company associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin began to search for gold in this country. The fighters of the Wagner PMC also went there….
The Ukrainian intelligence SBU revealed information about Wagner’s activities. UNIAN – May 19, 2018 Original Article The SBU special service revealed that it has communications between members of the private military company (PMC) Wagner Group. The conversations expose the presence of the group in Ukraine, several of their crimes, as well as severe losses of…
The true face of Russian mercenaries and the secrets of PMCs: an exclusive interview with Lenta.ru Interviewed by Alexandra Vigrizer – February 21, 2018 Original article To see the world, to visit unusual countries, to meet wonderful people and shoot them, simultaneously earning a lot of money – the work of a mercenary in a…
The Syrian campaign of the mysterious "Wagner PMC": numbers and weapons, key operations and conflict at the top of the Ministry of Defense Novaya Gazeta – Irek Murtazin – October 9, 2017 Original article Twelve units of "cargo 200" – the dead employees of the Wagner PMC – were delivered to Rostov-on-Don. And this is…
Illia Ponomarenko – Kyiv Post – October 7, 2017 Original Article Ukraine’s SBU security service has assembled evidence of the involvement of Russian private military company Wagner in hostilities in eastern Ukraine and will give it to prosecutors, the agency’s head, Vasyl Grytsak, claimed during a briefing on Oct. 7. “A net of agents, as…
RBC – 09 September 2016 PMCs around the world are a huge business: “privateers” often replace the armed forces. In Russia, they are outlawed. But in Syria, a prototype of Russian PMCs was tested – the Wagner Group, and the authorities are again thinking about legalization. Original article The military unit on the Molkino farm…
March 30th, 2016 – The Telegraph Original Article Could russian Wagner Group be registered as far from Moscow as Argentina? The existence of Wagner Group is not a mystery to anynone anymore. But it still remains obscure due to one factor. Private military Companies are illegal in Russia. Mercenaries can therefore not be recognized and…
Recruitment of volunteers who want to risk their heads for Bashar al-Assad is open in Russia. "Fontanka" learned how to get to war, how much the life of a soldier of luck costs and what the famous German mystic anti-Semite has to do with it. Fontanka – 16 October 2015 Original Article The Russian military…
