A representative of the Wagner PIK recommended that the fighters find other work, since the group can no longer participate in the war in Ukraine and faces serious competition from the Ministry of Defense and the Russian Guard in Africa and the Middle East.
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The Important Stories resource writes about this with reference to an audio message that has spread through mercenary chats. The authenticity of the recording was confirmed to the publication by representatives of the VAT.
The person on the recording (his status in the hierarchy of the group is unknown) calls the situation “extremely difficult”, noting that “they don’t let us go to the NVO (this is how the war unleashed by Russia is called in Russia -“ Rakurs ”).
Several tens of thousands of trained fighters are ready to work and are ready to defend their homeland, but due to known circumstances they are not letting us in yet. We are now forced to look for options for work in Africa and the Middle East. The situation there is also difficult. We have tough competition in the face of the Ministry of Defense and the Russian Guard, who are also planning and trying to enter there with similar activities that we conducted, the audio message says.
According to the representative of the NDP, Yevgeny Prigozhin during his last trip to Africa “resolved these issues”, and now “they will be further resolved by the leadership.” He noted that the NPC will “try” to provide its fighters with work, but “when and in what volumes is still unknown.”
Therefore, either wait or look for other ways to make money. Follow the international situation. If our team is admitted to the SVO, then we will resume active recruitment activities, there will be work, ”the representative of the CHIK says on the record.
The Wall Street Journal wrote that Yevgeny Prigozhin spent the last days of his life traveling around Africa. On August 18, the head of PIK Wagner met with CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, trying to convince him to continue cooperation – according to the publication, earlier the Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin advised Touadéra to distance himself from Prigozhin.
Shortly before Prigozhin’s death, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia, came to Libya – this was perceived in the country as a signal that partnership would now be conducted at the level of two armies. Journalist Andrei Zakharov claimed that Prigozhin was also asked to “get out” of Syria.
Source: Racurs
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