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28th June 2023
THE BETRAYAL OF PUTIN?? “It was NOT Prigozhin who made the decision to pull-out Wagner’s columns from Moscow.” – Oleksii Danilov, Security & Defense Council Putin now understands that there are those, who directly participated in the Wagner rebellion, who are within the… Show more
28th June 2023
Today’s Russian papers on the aftermath of the Wagner mutiny. One paper concludes: “Yevgeny Prigozhin’s actions have created a precedent. The possibility of this precedent repeating must, not only, be blocked. It must be completely cemented over.” #ReadingRussia
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28th June 2023
Of course Prigozhin had help from Russian generals. You don’t march 800 km through 4 Russian oblasts virtually unimpeded if there is no significant support in the Russian generality. Putin had to order mayors with dump cars and excavators to set up barricades, because the Russian… Show more
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28th June 2023
“The Wagner Group funds its brutal operations in part by exploiting natural resources in countries like the Central African Republic and Mali,” a Treasury Department official said.
https://themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/27/us-
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The mercenary group has established a presence in several African countries, drawing accusations of brutal tactics and resource exploitation.
themoscowtimes.com
Wagner Will Continue Mali, C. Africa Operations – Lavrov
The Wagner mercenary group will continue operations in Mali and the Central African Republic despite its leader’s aborted insurrection over
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Putin: #Wagner fighters should join the regular army, go home or head for Belarus. Lavrov: Wagner ops in CAR & Mali will continue. Now Peskov: #Russian gov has nothing to do w/Wagner in #Africa. Well, could Prigozhin explain us?
Democracy and Human Rights Foundation
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From #Libya to #Ukraine, war crimes follow the #WagnerGroup. Witnesses from the Central African Republic and
report that the Wagner Group killed at least 12 civilians in July 2021. Action to confront Wagner is more important than ever.
Note: Belgium Congo – King Leopold’s garden. Geographical spread more like Europe than Belgium but so rich in mineral resources, the quest continues in the name of Wagner with Prigozhin the Leader
aljazeera.com CAR: HRW denounces alleged abuses of Russian mercenary group The Kremlin-linked mercenary group Wagner has been accused of perpetrating human rights abuses in Mali and now CAR.
28th June 2023
My latest: What Wagner’s mutiny means for its sprawling business empire. In the Central African Republic, the Russian mercenary group has used violent means to penetrate nearly every sector of the economy. With the amazing
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Wagner have already engaged in operations in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. And they sow misery wherever they go. During operations in Africa, Syria and Ukraine, Wagner personnel have committed mass executions, rape, child abductions and torture.
themoscowtimes.com Russian Private Military Companies Thriving Due to War with Ukraine Opinion | The war in Ukraine has brought the Wagner Group, Russia’s largest private military company, or PMC, out of the shadows.
28 June 2023
Of course there were officials at the top of the Russian government who were conspiring with Prigozhin in his coup. Now we know why Putin always say at those long tables. He knew that their were traitors coming for him.
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28th June 2023
THE BETRAYAL OF PUTIN?? “It was NOT Prigozhin who made the decision to pull-out Wagner’s columns from Moscow.” – Oleksii Danilov, Security & Defense Council Putin now understands that there are those, who directly participated in the Wagner rebellion, who are within the… Show more
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Today’s Russian papers on the aftermath of the Wagner mutiny. One paper concludes: “Yevgeny Prigozhin’s actions have created a precedent. The possibility of this precedent repeating must, not only, be blocked. It must be completely cemented over.” #ReadingRussia
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A reminder from video above:
“Prigozhin’s mother runs an art gallery; irony: Prigozhin from a higher Russian Culture than Putin. He speaks better Russian than Putin….”
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28th June 2023
Senior servicemen with Ukraine’s 24th Separate Assault Battalion (Aidar) are giving orders to their mortarmen firing at Russian infantry.
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28th June 2023
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and IStories, obtained an archive of 50,000 emails and documents leaked from a Russian asset management firm that worked for Boris and Arkady Rotenberg, Putin’s inner circle oligarchs; and more.
Investigative Stories from Ukraine: Massive leak reveals how Putin’s oligarchs evaded Western…
Welcome to Investigative Stories from Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent’s newsletter that walks you through the most prominent investigations
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28th June 2023
Prigozhin’s mutiny was extraordinary because the challenge to Putin’s system came from within, exposing its frailty. Like Frankenstein’s monster turning on his creator, Prigozhin showed Russians the system could produce a different future — without Putin.
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CORRUPTION
Russia, its government, its Ministry of Defence, its bureaucrats, its leaders, its oligarchs, the media, the source of Russian propaganda and the list goes on and on. We must add to this its facilitators in Europe, the west, and the continents like Africa that feeds its habit of theft of resources while the slaves in these countries work in the encampment like prisoners in prison. Murder, mayhem and corruption facilitates this theft. Blood diamonds come to mind. Do we care? No we don’t even grasp that we too are facilitators. Londongrad!
Corruption quotes:
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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How long will a “Dead” person continue to be head of Russia? Timothy Snyder
Who Watches the Watchers? 