to east ukraine while still maintaining an important element of deniability and, in that, i would say that wagner group is, in many ways, a quintessentially putinist organization. well, since then their activities have gone global. in 2015, they deployed to syria, propping up the regime of president bashar al assad. there they successfully drove isis out of the ancient town of palmyra. in libya, they are allied to general haftar in the east, who set up a rival administration to the one in tripoli. in mali, they have effectively supplanted french troops, partly thanks to a slick pr campaign, like this poster praising mali s military ruler, colonel assimi, and president putin. some propaganda goes even further, like this anti french video portraying wagner as the partner that african countries can rely on. in the central african republic they have been providing security for the president,
but theirforward operating base is in southern russia, reportedly at molkino, close to a russian intelligence base. when the wagner group invaded crimea in 2014, they wore no insignia. people referred to them as the little green men. they were established in 2014, seemingly on putin s direct orders, as a way to send russian fighters to east ukraine while still maintaining an important element of deniability. and in that, i would say that wagner is in many ways quintessentially putinist organisation. since then, their activities have gone global. in 2015 they deployed to syria, propping up the ratio in 2015 they deployed to syria, propping up the regime of president bashar al assad. there, they successfully drove isis out of the ancient town of palmyra. in libya, they re allied to general haftar in the east, who set up a rival administration to the one in tripoli. and in mali, they have effectively supplanted french troops, partly thanks to a slick pr campaign like this poster praising
maintaining an important element of deniability and in that, i would say that wagner group is, in many ways, a quintessentially putinist organization. well, since then their activities have gone global. in 2015, they deployed to syria, propping up the regime of president bashar al assad. there they successfully drove isis out of the ancient town of palmyra. in libya, they are allied to general haftar in the east, who set up a rival administration to the one in tripoli. in mali, they have effectively supplanted french troops, partly thanks to a slick pr campaign, like this poster praising mali s military ruler, colonel assimi, and president putin. some propaganda goes even further, like this anti french video portraying wagner as the partner that african countries can rely on. in the central african republic they have been providing security for the president, and they are in burkina faso and sudan.