Moscow Foundation With Links To Vagner Group Says Four Russians, One Ukrainian Freed In Libya
January 02, 2021 19:22 GMT
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January 02, 2021 19:51 GMT
Moscow has been accused of supporting mercenaries fighting against Libya s UN-backed Government of National Accord. (file photo)
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A Moscow-based foundation with links to the Vagner Group, a Russian military contractor force, says three Russians and one Ukrainian national have been freed from captivity in Libya.
Aleksandr Malkevich, head of the Foundation for the Protection of Traditional Values, said on Telegram on January 2 that the four individuals had been kidnapped several weeks ago, but did not say why they were in Libya or who had allegedly detained them.
Two Employees Of Foundation Linked To Russian Troll Farm Released From Libyan Custody
December 10, 2020 15:44 GMT
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Two employees of the Moscow-based Foundation for the Protection of Traditional Values with links to a notorious Russian troll farm have been released from Libyan custody where they had been held since May 2019.
The foundation s chief, Aleksandr Malkevich, who also edits a controversial English-language website titled USA Really, said on December 10 that Russian citizens Maksim Shugalei and Samer Khasan Ali Sueifan had been released and are on their way back to Moscow.
Libyan authorities said last year that Shugalei, who is also a lawmaker in Russia s northern Komi Republic, and his interpreter Sueifan, were arrested on suspicion of trying to influence upcoming elections in Libya, which Russian officials have denied.