Financial Problems for Wagner frupni

After British resources the Wagner group appears to be out of funding from the Russian state and therefore to be reduced. The goal appears to be to save money in staff spending, the Defence Ministry said in London, referring to the daily bulletin of the secret military service.

There is a realistic “ ” that President Putin's office in Moscow no longer finances the Wagner Group mercenaries. “If the Russian state stops paying the Wagner group, the second most reliable source of wages are the Belarusian authorities”, the announcement said. But that would burden Belarus's resources. The Wagner group mercenaries are currently training Belarusn soldiers there.

Wagner group chief accuses Shoig of inability

The Wagner group mercenaries were for a long time a pillar of the Russian regular army in the fight against Ukraine.

But Wagner's chief of mercenaries, Yevgeni Prigosin, has widely and publicly criticised the Russian military leadership and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, accusing them of inability. At the end of June, Prygozyni ordered the start of oneRebellion Against Russian Military Leaders and a march to Moscow. Two days later, rebellion ceased.

Wagner mercenaries in Mali, Syria, Libya

According to Belarusian President Alexander Lukaschenko, he mediated between Pgozhin and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Pigozin then went into exile in Belarus temporarily. It's unclear where he's actually standing. At the request of the government in Minsk, its mercenaries' units, Wagner, are training Belarusn soldiers at a military camp near the border with Poland.

According to Prigoshini, the Wagner group was founded in 2014. The wealthy businessman, who spent the last decade in the existence of the Soviet Union in prison for robbery and fraud, has military and mining contracts in Africa. His mercenaries are among the other active in Mali, Syria and Libya. / DW