https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...gozhin-admits-founding-wagner-mercenary-group
Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin admits founding Wagner mercenary group
Russian businessman confirms deployment to countries in Latin America and Africa in first public confirmation of link
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Wagner has been accused of committing human rights abuses in Ukraine, Syria, Libya, Central African Republic, Sudan and Mozambique. The group’s alleged co-founder, Dmitry Utkin, has been linked to the far right and is believed to have named the group after Hitler’s favourite composer. The US and EU have imposed sanctions on Prigozhin and Utkin for their role in Wagner.
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Last week the Guardian reported that Prigozhin was personally recruiting soldiers from Russia’s extensive penitentiary system in an attempt to compensate for acute shortages of personnel on the battlefield.
In one leaked video, Prigozhin is seen telling inmates they would be freed if they served six months with his group.