The Wagner Group and Yevgeny Prigozhin are in trouble: lack of ammunition, dead members and a disputed connection to the Kremlin. Aside from that,…
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The Wagner Group and Yevgeny Prigozhin are in trouble: lack of ammunition, dead members and a disputed connection to the Kremlin. In addition, the “Putin cook” was banned from recruiting prisoners, as he had been doing for the past few months. Prigozhin continues to clash with the Russian general and politician Shoigu. While all of this is happening, a new entity wants to take the stage. It’s about the “convoy group».
What’s up
Prigozhin has bad relations with both the presidential administration and Putin’s circle. This meant that the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonovascended the throne. In March of this year, Aksyonov spoke on Crimean TV about the appearance in Crimea of a professional military unit: “These are guys who are ready for anything.” Shortly before, a video had been published on a Telegram channel called “Convoy” showing Aksenov inspecting the positions of the new unit.
Who is «Convoy», the new unit «Convoy»
The PMC (Private Military Company) “Convoy” is a relatively new private military unit. His Telegram channel of the same name was created in November last year: Here you can find philosophical texts about “strong orthodox Russia” and Ukrainian satanists as well as conspiracy theories about how the Rockefellers bought the water supply system in Ukraine.
Konvoi is a combat army reserve, its members enter into two contracts: one with Konvoi, the second with the Department of Defense, said a former member of the PMC. This enables guaranteed payments in the event of injury or death. The man received around 200,000 rubles (around 2,400 euros, editor’s note). Also, those who serve in the unit for a year are promised a piece of land “in Crimea or Abkhazia.”
Today the positions of the «convoy» are in the Kherson region, bordering Crimea.
Who is Pikalov Mazai?
In a journalist’s report Kurlaeva The convoy commander also appeared: Konstantin Pikalov Mazaithe right hand of Prigozhin, the curator of Wagner PMC in Africa.
Previously, Pikalov served in the Ministry of Defense in a military unit near St. Petersburg, and after retirement became a co-owner and head of a detective agency.
The fact that Mazai actually worked (or works) for Prigozhin is indirectly confirmed by Kurlaeva’s account: According to her, Mazai “worked in Madagascar and the Central African Republic”, areas of Prigozhin’s interests. Also, she says, Mazai was there Yugoslavia and Georgia, where he “fought with the same opponents: NATO mercenaries”.
Another co-founder is Vasily Yashchikov. Yashchikov’s ancestor is the Cossack Timothy Yashchik, the personal bodyguard of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Maria Feodorovna.
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