The head of a private military consulting company “RSB Group” Oleg Krinitsyn told the radio station “Moscow speaking” about Russian volunteers who went to South Sudan.
“Perhaps the interest in the protection of gold mines, gold mines and oil fields,” he said.
“The Russian service Bi-bi-si” Krinitsyn said that he had heard of people who went to the area of the border conflict between Sudan and South Sudan and suffering from severe form of malaria. “We have interests there, but we were not fighting or involved. There smoldering border conflict”, — said the head of “RSB Group”, adding that employees of his firm in this area do not.
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The head of an unnamed private military company confirmed to the publication that PMCs soldiers are involved in armed conflict in the region on the side of the government of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. According to another source, went there involved in the fighting in the Donbass and Syria. According to the former defense Minister of the breakaway Donetsk national Republic Igor strelkov, among them the soldiers of PMC Dmitry Utkin known as Wagner.
November 23, al-Bashir met in Sochi with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Two days later, he told RIA Novosti that he had discussed with the Russian leader in the Sudan military base on the Red sea. “It’s now the understanding, if God willing,” said al-Bashir.
Mercenaries in Russia is a criminal offence.