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  1. #Blackwater Founder #ErikPrince Talks About Wagner, War, and More

    By Greg Chabot, July 24, 2022

    "After the success of this program [Blackwater], Prince was approached by officials in Russia asking for his help to start up a PMC. Prince turned down the generous offer that he says could have made him a billionaire. The #PMC nevertheless formed, he says, and is known as the #Wagner Group."

    sofmag.com/blackwater-founder-

    #WagnerGroup #PMCWagner
    #TrumpIsARussianAsset
    #AntiWoke #ChristoFacists #ChristoFascism #Mercernaries #Prigozhin

  2. #PMCWagner isn't just emulating #ErikPrince, he was asked to found them (more about that in my next post)...

    #Putin’s “Erik Prince” is tied to some of #Russia’s riskiest covert operations

    By Greg Walters, February 21, 2018

    Excerpt: "In #Syria, a mysterious private military firm called PMC Wagner has been tied to #Prigozhin. The firm is sometimes described as the Russian #Blackwater in reference to the U.S. private military contractor founded by Erik Prince, a likeness Prigozhin appears to be emulating, according to Nance."

    vice.com/en/article/putins-eri

    #WagnerGroup #Putin #TrumpIsARussianAsset #AntiWoke #ChristoFacists #ChristoFascism #Mercernaries

  3. Wednesday, July 9, 2025

    Seeing war through the lens of Putin’s narcissism — ‘Torture was not just cruel, it was inhuman’ — Ukrainian soldier dies weeks after release from Russian captivity — Ukraine sanctions 5 Chinese firms for supplying components used in Russian drones — Russia’s Black Sea Fleet shrinks presence in key Crimean bay — Russia’s crude exports fall to lowest level since February … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  4. Friday, June 13, 2025

    Why can’t the West match Russia’s ammunition production? — Juicy target: Ukraine says it struck Russian electronics plant in Moscow — Ukrainian forces ‘gradually pushing back’ Russian troops from Sumy Oblast — Russia ‘lying to Trump,’ using peace talks to stall US sanctions … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  5. Friday, June 13, 2025

    Why can’t the West match Russia’s ammunition production? — Juicy target: Ukraine says it struck Russian electronics plant in Moscow — Ukrainian forces ‘gradually pushing back’ Russian troops from Sumy Oblast — Russia ‘lying to Trump,’ using peace talks to stall US sanctions … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  6. Friday, June 13, 2025

    Why can’t the West match Russia’s ammunition production? — Juicy target: Ukraine says it struck Russian electronics plant in Moscow — Ukrainian forces ‘gradually pushing back’ Russian troops from Sumy Oblast — Russia ‘lying to Trump,’ using peace talks to stall US sanctions … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  7. Friday, June 13, 2025

    Why can’t the West match Russia’s ammunition production? — Juicy target: Ukraine says it struck Russian electronics plant in Moscow — Ukrainian forces ‘gradually pushing back’ Russian troops from Sumy Oblast — Russia ‘lying to Trump,’ using peace talks to stall US sanctions … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  8. Friday, June 13, 2025

    Why can’t the West match Russia’s ammunition production? — Juicy target: Ukraine says it struck Russian electronics plant in Moscow — Ukrainian forces ‘gradually pushing back’ Russian troops from Sumy Oblast — Russia ‘lying to Trump,’ using peace talks to stall US sanctions … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  9. Russia at a Crossroads
    consortiumnews.com/2025/06/03/
    Moscow’s military campaign under Putin’s leadership has focused on avoiding escalation, says John Wight. But Ukraine’s drone strike deep into Russian territory is a gauntlet thrown down. By John Wight Special to Consortium News Russian President Vladimir Putin now finds…
    #Politics #Commentary #Militarism #Nato #Russia #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #Ukraine #CivilWar #Dresden #GeneralWilliamSherman #JohnWight #MarchToTheSea #OperationSpiderSWeb #PresidentVladimirPutin #PresidentVolodymrZelensky #RussiaUkraineWar #TetOffensive #WagnerGroup #YevgenyPrigozhin

  10. Ummmm... From #wikipedia:

    The #WagnerGroup (Russian: #ГруппаВагнера, romanized: Gruppa Vagnera), officially known as PMC Wagner (ЧВК «Вагнер»), is a #Russian state-funded private military company (#PMC) controlled until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally of Russia's president Vladimir #Putin, and since then by Pavel Prigozhin. The Wagner Group has used infrastructure of the Russian Armed Forces. Evidence suggests that Wagner has been used as a proxy by the Russian government, allowing it to have plausible deniability for military operations abroad, and hiding the true casualties of Russia's foreign interventions.

    "The group emerged during the war in #Donbas, where it helped Russian separatist forces in #Ukraine from 2014 to 2015. Wagner played a significant role in the later full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, for which it recruited Russian prison #inmates for frontline combat. By the end of 2022, its strength in Ukraine had grown from 1,000 to between 20,000 and 50,000. It was reportedly Russia's main assault force in the Battle of Bakhmut. Wagner has also supported regimes friendly with Russia, including in the civil wars in #Syria, #Libya, the #CentralAfricanRepublic, and #Mali. In Africa, it has offered regimes security in exchange for the transfer of diamond and gold mining contracts to Russian companies. Wagner operatives have been accused of #WarCrimes including #murder, #torture, #rape and #robbery of #civilians, as well as #torturing and killing accused #Deserters.

    [...]

    "Early in 2020, #ErikPrince, founder of the #Blackwater private military company, sought to provide military services to the Wagner Group in its operations in Libya and #Mozambique, according to The Intercept. By March 2021, Wagner PMCs were reportedly also deployed in #Zimbabwe, #Angola, #Guinea, #GuineaBissau, and possibly the #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo."

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_G
    #ErikPrinceColonialism #PutinsArmy #CorporateColonialism #Oligarchy

  11. Human Rights Watch condemned atrocities by Mali's army, Wagner Group, and Islamist militants since UN peacekeepers withdrew last December. The ruling junta forced MINUSMA's exit, leaving Mali grappling with jihadist and separatist violence. The mission had 15,000 personnel safeguarding civilians and human rights in the crisis-hit West African nation.#Africa #Mali #UN #militaryjunta #WagnerGroup #HRW #alQaeda
    HRW condemns 'atrocities' against Mali civilians following UN withdrawal
  12. "Il reclutamento di richiedenti asilo africani per la guerra di Gaza è un nuovo, spregevole, punto più basso per #Israele."
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    "Il significato è chiaro: #Israele sta creando la propria versione del #WagnerGroup russo.

    Mettete a rischio la vita per un esercito che non è il vostro, in una guerra che non è la vostra, e vi sarà data la residenza permanente."

    #CeasefireNOW
    #GazaGenocide#Gaza #Israel #IsraeliOccupation #PACE #18settembre

    haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/

  13. CW: A24 Civil War Spoilers

    There will probably be sequences in #CivilWar that will feel familiar for viewers. For me, the most prescient parts were the sequence with the lady saying that she “just wants to stay out” of the war and not get involved because it’s so bad, as it reminds me when I had told my parents that there was #Antifa and #BlackLivesMatter violence a mere 30 to 45 minutes away from our home and they decided to ignore that because things couldn’t possibly be that bad (they were, but luckily the folks never came closer to the house), as well as the final sequence where the #WF marches through #DC and on into the #WhiteHouse as it felt like a near carbon copy of when #Prigozhin led the #WagnerGroup on a military march throughout much of #Russia, in a similar campaign to storm #Moscow and ostensibly depose and kill #Putin, in what some were indeed calling a civil war-style conflict at the time.

  14. France and its allies are concerned about the increasing influence of Russia in western Africa. In Niger, supporters of last month's coup say they would welc...
    Russian influence in Africa: Western fears over growing closeness to Moscow
  15. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kyiv not involved in reported death of Yevgeny Prigozhin.Prigozhin listed among the 10 passengers reportedly kil...
    Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Kiyv not involved in Prigozhin’s death
  16. #Andrei Kartapolov, head of Defense Committee of Russia's Duma, maintains there is no need for further mobilization to replace #WagnerGroup mercenaries o

    Wagner rebellion removed 10,000s of fighters from frontline in #UkraineWar

  17. Russian president Vladimir Putin has thanked those who opposed a short-lived mutiny by the Wagner Group and gave its fighters a choice about what to do next....
    Putin addresses Wagner fighters after mutiny | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
  18. #Russian and some Western observers believe that the organization does not actually exist as a private military company but is in reality a #disguised branch of the #RussianMoD that ultimately reports to the #Russian #government.[149][150][151][152]
    #WagnerGroup #russia #putin

  19. CW: War, Russia, Wagner, assassination

    #France attempted to #assassinate #Russian in #Africa - #WagnerGroup head - #TheJerusalemPost

    "#DmitrySyty, head of the '#RussianHouse,' was taken to a hospital in the capital #Bangui and by late afternoon his condition was serious, but stable, the #RussianEmbassy said, according to the Russian #RIANovosti #news agency."

    jpost.com/breaking-news/articl

  20. CW: War, Russia, Wagner, assassination

    #France attempted to #assassinate #Russian in #Africa - #WagnerGroup head - #TheJerusalemPost

    "#DmitrySyty, head of the '#RussianHouse,' was taken to a hospital in the capital #Bangui and by late afternoon his condition was serious, but stable, the #RussianEmbassy said, according to the Russian #RIANovosti #news agency."

    jpost.com/breaking-news/articl

  21. Neo-Nazi Russian militia appeals for intelligence on Nato member states – #Rusich #WagnerGroup
    Move by Task Force Rusich raises fears of rogue paramilitary attacks on Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. A neo-Nazi paramilitary group linked to the Kremlin has asked its members to submit intelligence on border
    dokmz.com/2022/12/11/neo-nazi-
    #Gewalt #Kameradschaft #Rechtsextremismus