in a separate development on saturday, a far right sub unit of wagner, known as rusich, said it was stopping military operations in ukraine. earlier, i spoke to retired rear admiral mark montgomery about the wagner mercenary group s future without prigozhin. great to have you with us. thank you so much for taking the time. so now, in the wake of the presumed death of yevgeny prigozhin, we have a situation in which president putin, as we know, is ordering russian troops to swear allegiance to russia. i mean, they have proved reluctant before. they enjoyed better conditions when it comes to pay, at least, under wagner. what do you foresee happening here? well, first, thank you for having me, helena. and that s a great question. i assume at this point that you have to look at wagner as two different entities. one is the overseas in africa, syria, libya wagner group, which i am confident will continue to exist. it will probably transition to the russian military intelligence arm, the g
one is the overseas in africa, syria, libya wagner group, which i am confident will continue to exist. it will probably transition to the russian military intelligence arm, the gru, running it. they already did a lot of work with them. but hat s critical to them maintaining their influence in africa, syria, libya, and their ability to do economic resource extraction. more challenging will be what happens with the units that are in belarus now, the ones you were just referring to, and i think there is a big question. there isn tjust a money issue, there s a leadership issue. i think they were led better, they were paid better and they performed better than their russian military counterparts, and as a result i think many of them are not excited about most of them came from the russian military and chose to leave it, and i imagine they re not excited about returning. so what you re saying is potentially when it comes to troops in africa, for example, they may be led by someone from
wagner, what do you see happening here?- wagner, what do you see happening here? thank you for havin: happening here? thank you for having me- happening here? thank you for having me. that happening here? thank you for having me. that is happening here? thank you for having me. that is a happening here? thank you for having me. that is a great - having me. that is a great question. i assume at this point that you have to look at wagner s two different entities. one is the overseas africa syria libya wagner group which is i am confident will continue to exist. it will probably transition to the russian military intelligence running it, they already did a lot of work with ed. that is critical to maintaining work in africa, syria, and libya and their work to do economic resource extraction. it is more challenging in belarus, the ones you were just referring to, and i think there is a big question, there is a leadership issue as well as a money issue. they were led better, they wer
to the russian state. the decree applies to anyone participating in military activities in ukraine, assisting the army, and serving in territorial defence units. he signed the order on friday, with it taking immediate effect. it comes two days after wagner leaders were presumed killed in a plane crash. in a separate development on saturday, a far right sub unit of wagner, known as rusich, said it was stopping military operations in ukraine. i spoke to retired rear admiral mark montgomery about the wagner mercernary groups future without prigohzhin. great to have you with us, thank you for taking the time. so, now, in the wake of the presumed death of yevgeny prigozhin, we have a situation where president putin is ordering wagner troops to swear allegiance to russia. they have proved reluctant before, they enjoyed better conditions when it comes to pay at least under
battlefield lost for the russians over time, but it was probably inevitable after prigozhin s mutiny. we probably inevitable after prigozhin s mutiny. we only have to think prigozhin s mutiny. we only have to think back prigozhin s mutiny. we only have to think back to - prigozhin s mutiny. we only have to think back to the - have to think back to the mutiny, as you were just mentioning committee see that quite clearly, there was that disquiet within the ranks of wagner. is there any potential comedy you think, for a situation in which someone within the group, from within wagner itself, perhaps a high ranking mercenary, tries to take control in opposition to take control in opposition to the kremlin here? i to take control in opposition to the kremlin here?- to the kremlin here? i will take a short-term - to the kremlin here? i will take a short-term life - take a short term life insurance policy on anyone who does that. i think we just saw how putting treats people who lead m