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Russian oligarch admits owning Wagner mercenary force

Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin has for the first time acknowledged he is “proud” of founding Wagner Group, a private military company, in 2014, staffed by veterans of the country’s armed forces. After previously denying ownership and suing journalists for reporting it, this was Prigozhin’s first public confirmation that he was the man behind the mercenary […]

Headlines Libya

300 Syrian fighters contracted by Wagner leave Libya

Russian private military company Wagner has flown out of Libya 300 Syrian fighters back to the Middle East country, Libya Observer reports citing Syrian As-Suwayda 24 News Network. The fighters reportedly left Thursday through Benghazi airport in eastern Libya to the Hmeimim Air Base in Syria. The fighters made up the 42nd Brigade and were […]

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Founder of Wagner Group blames international community for Libya’s woes

Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Russian private military company Wagner, has accused the international community for Libya’s problems for trying to take money from the country, reports say. Speaking to Sputnik, Prigozhin also indicated that western states don’t help Libya for free and this is clear in the fact that top European officials and international […]