after fail rebel The group is against the Russian Ministry of Defense on June 24. mercenaries Wagner He replaced Saint Petersburg with Minsk and moved here. Belarus. They were allowed to exist outside the country and were practically pardoned. rebel. However, the group, known for its brutal methods, is having a nervous breakdown in the closest countries, just like in Turkey. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania And Poland.
Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said last Monday, after meeting with his counterparts, that they asked “the Lukashenko regime to immediately expel the Wagner group from Belarus”. Baltic countries. belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko He mediated during the Wagner revolt in June and offered his own land to the mercenaries he logistically supported as a new headquarters and even gave them a former seat. military base use it as an operation center.
According to sources from the same government Minskabout 10,000 soldiers de Wagner in his own territory. Although they lost most of their leadership after the plane crash that allegedly killed both mercenaries Evgeny Prigozhin like Dmitry UtkinHis number two is expected to be the trusted men of the Russian President Vladimir Putin That he will continue to lead the “musicians” and that Wagner will continue to have a significant Russian presence on the African continent.
ex-convicts and immigrants
One of Wagner’s most remembered images is his employment in Russian prisons. Kremlinhired convicts In exchange for fighting for several months from different parts of Russia Ukraine Under Prigozhin’s command. In addition to the amnesty, they were also offered salaries above the Russian average, regardless of the remaining years of their sentences. Sources of the convict rights activists stated that they recruited about 50,000 detainees in this way.
This prisoner origin worries Poland, recalls, among Wagner’s men, “Some of those who were released from prisons with the promise of fighting in Ukraine were also demoralized and accused.” crimes against humanity“.
Besides mercenaries, Poland also condemns Belarusian use of weapons immigrantswho he will use as a means of destabilization against him Warsaw. According to Polish sources, 19,000 people from different countries tried to enter Polish territory from Belarus this year; this number is more than 16,000 for the whole of 2022.
Minsk in November 2021, European Union (EU) brings between 10,000 and 15,000 people promised to cross the border borderMostly from Iraq and Syria. Impressed by the promises and opportunities available to them to reach Belarus, they found that the hotels were full, and some had to sleep on the street or in the forest in sub-zero temperatures. In addition to the cold, they also faced Poland’s refusal to allow them to cross into European territory, which used force to block their passage.