Soldiers of the private military company (PMC) “Wagner” in the Central African Republic (CAR) were required to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense (MoD) of the Russian Federation after the death of its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin. writes about this washington postCiting CAR officials.
CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadera said in an interview with the publication that about a thousand PMC fighters will remain in the country to ensure security in the country.
The publication also revealed that Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov informed Touadera that Wagner PMC fighters would come under the control of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
On the evening of August 23, a private plane Embraer Legacy crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver region. From Moscow to St. He was flying to St. Petersburg. The Federal Air Transport Agency said businessman Evgeny Prigozhin and Wagner PMC commander Dmitry Utkin were among the passengers of the crashed plane.
Putin before named Prigozhin “a man with a difficult fate and a talented businessman.”