The Wagner Group now run by Pavel Prigozhin son of the group's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin who died in a plane crash on 23 August 2023 is so well established in Bangui that it has been able to resist assimilation into Russia's Africa Corps under the GRU's military intelligence directorate (AC Vol 65 No 18 Vladimir Putin's Kremlin builds on Wagner's propaganda legacy)...
Due to his close ties with the Touadéra regime Pavel Prigozhin has negotiated a more flexible relationship with Moscow and the GRU...
Congolese businessmen close to President Félix Tshisekedi are trying to negotiate a regime security and arms deal between Kinshasa and the remnants of the Wagner Group now under Pavel Prigozhin son of the group's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin who died in a plane crash on 23 August 2023...
For Pavel Prigozhin and Wagner securing a military contract with Kinshasa would be a feather in their cap and could be extremely lucrative...
But they have allowed Pavel Prigozhin and some remaining elements of Wagner to operate semi-autonomously in CAR and Mali...