Sheet wall street journal It was reported that many of the Wagner gunmen were being recruited by the private military company Redut. Redut is sponsored by tycoon Gennady Timchenko.
The above information was revealed by a person who “left” the Wagner Group. A former Wagner commander is overseeing the operation to recruit Wagner soldiers for Raidt.
The US government said Redoubt is affiliated with the Russian military intelligence agency (GRU) and the Russian Defense Ministry. Washington sanctioned the company earlier this year.
Wagner soldiers – Photo: Reuters
Another private military company called Convoy, which is said to receive funding from Mr Arkady Rotenberg, is also looking to gather Wagner members to fulfill its ambitions to expand operations in Africa.
Moreover, according to the source, the Kremlin itself controls several of Wagner’s units currently operating in the Middle East and Africa.
wall street journal believes that these conversion activities began before Mr. Prigozhin’s death, when the Russian Defense Ministry announced the seizure of Wagner’s assets following the coup d’état.
Meanwhile, according to the station, Lithuanian President Gitanes Nauseda has just announced that there is no need to close the border with Belarus due to the threat of the weakened Wagner force. LRT Of this country.
“There is no specific information indicating that members of the Wagner Group are near our border or trying to cause unrest” – cnn Mr. Nauseda quoted.
Earlier, Lithuania, along with Poland and Latvia, had announced their readiness to attack simultaneously after there were indications that Wagner was gathering on the Belarus border. However, on 5 September, Mr Nauseda said that the situation at the border was beginning to stabilise.
