‘Many people in the country seem happy to accept mercenaries in exchange for stability.’ James Pogue on the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic.
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin may be dead but witnesses say Russian paramilitaries still carried out a brutal slaughter to secure access to a gold mine.
A welcoming atmosphere greets congregants shuffling into the Russian Orthodox Church, tucked away on an unassuming but badly pot-holed side street in the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR).