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How Russia’s Wagner Group Is Expanding in Africa – The New York Times
Putin’s Shadow Soldiers: How the Wagner Group Is Expanding in Africa Best known for its mercenaries, the Wagner Group also mines diamonds, spreads disinformation and props up autocrats in an effort to grow Russia’s footprint. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/world/africa/wagner-group-africa.html But Wagner is far more than a simple guns-for-gold scheme. Operating through a sprawling web of shell companies,…
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Putin Ally Mines Gold and Plays Favorites in Sudan – The New York Times
‘From Russia With Love’: A Putin Ally Mines Gold and Plays Favorites in Sudan Backed by the Kremlin, the shadowy network known as the Wagner Group is getting rich in Sudan while helping the military to crush a democracy movement. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/world/africa/wagner-russia-sudan-gold-putin.html But Wagner is far more than a war machine in Africa, and a…