If the name Ivan Aleksandrovich Maslov doesn’t ring a bell, that is perfectly normal. The head of Wagner in Mali and alleged war criminal is a discrete man who doesn’t want to receive too much attention. But Wagner Group is now well established in Mali and it is more than ever necessary to take a…
Once more, Russia-linked mercenary group Wagner killed ten people, among which 3 women. The massacre took place in Gordill, in the North East of the Central African Republic, during the night of March 13 to 14. Tens of civilians are now scattered into the bush. Inhabitants of the neighbouring village Manou had to escape too….
White supremacism, Nazi tattoos, mafia-style business model, accusations of rape and crimes on the edge of war crimes… Slowly but surely, the Russian PMC Wagner weaves its web across Africa. Beheadings, rapes, torture… While some African governments see in Wagner the one and only solution against insurgency or terrorism, the paramilitary company keeps showing its…
Wagner tries to whitewash its crimes with the release of propaganda movies. An analysis of “Tourist”, one of their most significant yet. Meduza – Original Article Propaganda movies are one of the vector used by Wagner to preserve its image. It is no stretch to say that Group Wagner suffers from a bad reputation. The…
Would you like to know who killed 70 civilians in total impunity this week in Central African Republic ? Let’s break right now the mystery. Mercenaries have been identified while opening fire on civilians in Central African Republic. They scored 70 killed. Just like that. Just like on training camp. They shot everything. In this…
Robert Lansing Institute – January 13th, 2022 Original Article Mysterious Russian are more and more involved in killlings and war crimes. Using light weapons hand guns and up to the armored vehicle, paratroopers killed in Almaty the 06th of January. They have been charged of war crimes in 2014-2015 during the Russian unofficial assault in…
Tearline Project – 16th December 2021 Original Report Russian Mining in the Central African Republic re causing significant environmental degradation. These mines are not directly owned by the Russian government, but are instead owned by the Russian mining company Lobaye Invest Sarlu (Lobaye Invest). Lobaye Invest is owned by subsidiaries of Yevgeny Prigozhin, a prominent…
BBC – December 19th, 2021 Original Article This week the European Union imposed sanctions on the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary organisation accused of committing human rights abuses in the Central African Republic and elsewhere. The EU has said that it will no longer train CAR government soldiers because of their links to Wagner. In…
Mondafrique – October 25, 2021 Original article (French) On October 17, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian accused the Russian private military company Wagner of “substituting” itself to the authority of the State in the Central African Republic, stressing that “to be able to pay for themselves, they confiscate the fiscal capacity of the State….
When the UN report was published, the Central African government considered these accusations to be “mere denunciations”. Le Monde – October 01, 2021 Original article Six months after the release of an UN report accusing Russian mercenaries of abuses in CAR, the government acknowledged part of the facts on Friday through the voice of its…
