The press secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, during the briefing, refused to comment on the activities of the private military company Wagner in Africa and what the mass departure of the organization’s fighters from the region was connected with.
“I cannot comment,” a Kremlin spokesperson said.
28 June State Duma Deputy Alexei Chepa declarationThat some of the PMC “Wagner” fighters are still in Africa and performing military duties. According to Chepa, Wagner PMC fighters in Africa are busy providing military aid, security and escort.
Spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova stressedThat the decision of African countries on the possibility of continuing cooperation with the PMC “Wagner” is a matter of their sovereign government.
By contrast, White House spokesman John Kirby declarationThat the United States plans to take action against Wagner PMCs in Africa and elsewhere.
Russian Medvedev, who previously introduced himself as a Wagner PMC fighter in Norway declarationHe wants to go to this house.