The “Wagnerites” who signed the contract with the new PMC of Alexander Lukashenko were sent “to serve” in Africa.
Belarus has created its own military company and is actively recruiting former mercenaries from the group Wagner. Work on a new PMC Gard Series given to militants who refused to sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense. Where and who will now “serve” the former subordinates of Yevgeny Prigozhin, read the story Correspondent.net.
“Belarusian analogue of Wagner”
Let’s remember that in 2019, the formal leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko created a security company by special order Gard Series. Only company employees in the country are allowed to own firearms, and training is also organized at military training sites in the country.
As stated by Valery Sakhashchik, a representative of the Joint Transitional Cabinet of the Belarusian oppositionist Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on defense and national security, the employees GardService actively prepared for participation in battles.
“I know that the officers of the 5th Special Forces Brigade are training officers GardService in your training area. In addition, the company took over the base of the former special training center Dynamothere are also active actions taking place there,” Sakhashchik told Deutsche Welle in January of this year.
The Belarusian oppositionist added that the company has recently expanded the number of its employees. According to him, their number can be more than a thousand people (information for winter 2023).
“Training and recruitment has been going on for months now. The staff has been augmented by officers, warrant officers, sergeants and soldiers who have served in the special operations forces and special forces of the law enforcement agencies of Belarus,” said Sakhashchik.
He also believes that employees GardService can be used in sabotage and reconnaissance groups and more for conducting type attacks PMC Wagner.
Valery Sakhashchik said that Russian President Vladimir Putin “invested very serious sums” in GardService and created from it “a Belarusian analogue of Wagner.”
In the summer of 2022, there was also information that Lukashenko invited mercenaries Wagner.
Formal owners
GardService was created on the basis of a private company Globalcast managementone of its owners is the common-law wife of the then chairman of the Lukashenko Administration, Viktor Sheiman.
The company is headed by a former soldier of the special forces brigade, security director LLC Belgeopoiskengaged in geological exploration in Central Asia and Africa, Evgeny Chanov.
Later the official owner GardService became a close friend of Viktor Sheiman, head of the Belarusian foundation Memory of Afghanistan Alexander Metla.
In general, as he told reporters Belarusian Investigation Center Alexey Karpeko, at GardService There is a high level of secrecy, only “verified” people can get there.
“I know some former security officers who tried to get a job there, but they were ignored – you need a certain background,” Karpeko said.
Brand new
The main work GardService there was a hold on the opposition in case of an “unfavorable political scenario” for Lukashenko, but after the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the formal leader of Belarus decided to “improve” his PMC and expand the horizons of its work. Therefore, today in Belarus “Wagnerites” are actively offered to sign contracts GardServicereported the Ukrainian Center for National Resistance.
Moreover, according to the Center, militant Wagner is involved in security and participation in battles in one of the central African countries, but under a new brand – PMC GardService.
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Source: korrespondent
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