Deputy Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is on a tour of African countries.
Deputy Russian Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov went on a tour of African countries. The purpose of such a trip is to take control of the power of Wagner PMC mercenaries.
This is stated in the report of analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
“Yevkurov is touring various African countries, notably Burkina Faso, and recently visited Libya and Syria in an attempt to replace private military companies with formations controlled by the Russian Ministry of Defense,” analysts say, citing a Kremlin-connected “military correspondent”.
< p> Besides, the Ministry of Defense of the aggressor country of Russia forms so-called “volunteer case”. It will function as an “expeditionary force” and should take control of the Wagner PMC operations on the African continent. More than 20,000 people are planned to be recruited into the Corps.
The Expeditionary Force is possibly the so-called Russian Expeditionary Force PMC, which is created by Russian officials to conduct transactions abroad,” ISW notes. .
In addition, experts say that one of the private military companies, close to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, is ready to take control of the Wagner PMC operations in the Central African Republic.
Recall that the publication Bloomberg, citing sources close to the Kremlin, reported that the Russian Ministry of Defense lured Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin out of Africa to Russia on the eve of his death. The PMC faced pressure from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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