Yevgeny Prigozhin s Wagner Group, created in 2014, has been present over the years in a number of African countries including the Central African Republic (CAR), Libya, Mali and Sudan.
EXCLUSIVE: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko recently claimed Wagner Group troops stationed in his country are itching to fight in Poland, a NATO member.
Yevgeny Prigozhin is a well-known Russian financier who over the years has been at the helm of various enterprises on top of the Wagner Group paramilitary organisation.
The leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, repeatedly lashed out against the Russian military leadership over the past several months before staging a short-lived coup against senior politicians at the Kremlin.