the bigger success was in the central african republic.— african republic.the _ african republic. the long-time strongman of the central- african republic. the long-time| strongman of the central african republic has leaned very heavily on the wagner group to protect his regime and push back against pro—islamist rebel forces that have interestingly of course a purchase over some of his very valuable territory with a great deal of gold money. in territory with a great deal of gold mone . . ., ., , ., ~ money. in exchange for its work, the u-rou money. in exchange for its work, the a-rou has money. in exchange for its work, the group has gained _ money. in exchange for its work, the group has gained direct _ money. in exchange for its work, the group has gained direct access - money. in exchange for its work, the group has gained direct access to - group has gained direct access to the central african republic�*s natural resources. training —— trading and then gives wagner and rush are a way to evade sanctions. —— trading in them. but it wasn�*t long before wa

this created a void in the central african republic filled by russia. notorious bagram group is now active in the central african republic. u.s. diplomatic cables leaked earlier this year pointed out the backroom group is mining millions, hundreds of millions possibly come of dollars worth of diamonds and gold that it is using to recruit and buy equipment to finance its war in ukraine. it tells us that countries like the central african republic are so desperate to turn away from the west and turn away from western colonial crimes for which the west has really apologized, that it is willing to ally with russia, china, and even at the cost of furthering the war in ukraine. nermeen: can you talk about the fact what you think needs to happen? how it is these wars can receive the coverage they more than warrants, have called for a multipolar news world. how is it that countries in the global south itself newsrooms can report on conflict in the global south without going to london or new york? >> sure. i did my research on this topic. one of the things i ela

we wait and they come close to the central african republic on monique, this is as well as other states. have this a holler on the saw home or were exposed to the direct terrorist threat of to all these champions of democracy and freedom threatened such as france and other nato allies had resulted to open on the aggression against libya. seeking to take out, move them, i'll get that for you for you too much about the finances behind the french presidential campaign. and they did so in direct violation of the un security council resolution. this is a full page so attractions they tend to libby over into a huge black hole that now sends all sorts of cut throats and terrorist with the legal loans. extreme is under legal drug traffic is into this a hall right on the saw. hello to tell her rising local nation does that is, let's not forget the same actors who ruined libya. and also i performed acts of aggression against all the countries in the region such as iraq and syria had turned libya into another kind of black culture as well. so is now sending huge numbers of illegal immigrants to eu

>> we have state cooperation with the central african republic. it is supported by the necessary agreements and of course our military advisers will continue their activities in the necessary demanded quantity. amy: after the wagner's aborted mutiny in russia, the biden administration has imposed new sanctions on companies accused of profiting from their activities in africa. we will get an update. then the impact of the climate crisis is being felt in the united states from the midwest to the east as millions face record heat and rebel air-quality from smoke at least by wildfires raging in canada. the media does a great job covering the smoke but what about the fire? what is causing it? we will look at the role of fossil fuel companies and calls for the media to end climate silence. and we go to montana to use lead climate trial that just ended after five days of dramatic testimony on who can be held responsible for the climate crisis. >> i joined this case out of love for montana because i grew up here and spit my life here and it is a beautiful

so it's in the central african republic just in the office. and the african countries were in panic committee for published by american media use of it. so i would worry to put it through. i would suggest that it is examined or knew who they worked for, but it's mostly to them the flux of how there is evidence reporting. the fact reporting to this function is a bit of a subordinate. so for the delay to the rest of the function as tools of ideology and the collective west, we have discussed the rules. russia who's been, that's the african continent. and the central african republic is one of the countries um, who's gavin? so we'll go through that. it was scheduled smalley, i could so i remember that it was just as molly has just turned, officially you to the, to the private ministry company for the gold school. just for me to go eat molly for assistance when your piano is the such as the french. so what actually with them? but a switch to be a winded down the counter terrorist. i'm sorry, alterations buzzer. and these were maybe withdrew with ou

did publish articles saying that leaders all of african countries in particular, the central african republic with beginning to panic. that's maybe the private army, wagner would cease its operations in, in africa. what does it say about the role of russia enough because of stabilizing falls? how likely do you think it is? the varnette would cease? is activities the fun you could go through this with you as for the reports by some american outlets about the panic and the central african republic and the rest of africa. so you and i say you need to keep in mind the interest these out is a serving book and how little they care about reporting finalist in comparison to that desire to please that boss is going to dictate both to connect to west ideology and atkins. i already talked about the role russian is playing on the african continent, the central african republic. will you just like molly has officially requested the assistance of a private timidity company at the time of both the central african republic. and molly was simply a bonded by fonts and the rest of your, of nice when the left to

and the central african republic. they are what keeps the government in power. there's just no question that they have uh brought a level of stability to the government that it would not have otherwise. molly, it's too early to know how successful they'll be, but that's what they're trying to do. so from a western perspective, wagner has been a destabilizing agent, but from, from what you're saying, it seems like from the inside, it must feel like they are stabilizing somehow. so with this re shuffling going on now, and parts of wagner being integrated, or they're being attendance of parts of wagner being integrated into the russian military. where is that role left then, or so the stability has come from stabilizing autocratic leadership. it's not that has left them unstable in the central african republic, except they've committed, terrible human rights violations in, in order to get where they are now. in molly, they may in fact be destabilizing things because partner was responsible earlier for kicking out the french presence there that was engaged in counte

the central african republic. will you just like molly has officially requested the assistance of a private timidity company at the time when both the central african republic and molly was simply abandoned by fonts and the rest of your, of nice when the less of withdrew the anti terrorist forces to i'd be glad to help the local governments to fight terrorism. so, but so when they were finding to deal with a terrorist on their own boat, the central african republic ammonium requested pmc wagner to be sure security of the company's government was the procure you. but i suppose these country without you, in addition to having a relationship with this pmc, also have official contacts with the russian government a buzz upon their requests to reflect. but russia supplied a few 100 minutes to pass nell to train the local treats. and the central african republic, and they will continue to work with them. you something. and i also want to mention one important thing here. we wait and they come close to the central african

and it's not that has left them unstable in the central african republic. it's that they've committed terrible human rights violations in order to get where they are now. in molly, they may in fact be the stabilizing things because partner was responsible earlier for kicking out the french presence there that was engaged in counterterrorism activities. and most recently, as your report indicated for causing the united nations security council approved piece mission to now be on its way out at the end of the year. so you know, it all, we're not sure what this means for the future, but because it is a creature of the russian military intelligence unit. and because pre goes and has had his role, not because of his challenge, not because of any combat experience, but because of his support by plugging their approach. and my guess is it would be pretty easy to replace provision with somebody else and that there's no particular reason why anything needs to change in the deployments in africa as a result of what happened in rust out this past week. but the governm

, called the wagner committee, has extremely large influences, in particular, in the central african republicnly there. and actually, we would like to ask what is being done there now, how actively do they work in quotation marks, of course, in african continent and how actively the russians are generally represented there, in particular, it is about the creation of i don't know a certain putin concert, which he uses, of course , in particular, during the voting in the united nations well, of course, except for those countries that are simply neutral or close to russia and china e- this is mainly south-eastern africa, starting with uganda and the south african economic republic itself to a large extent. there are countries somewhere that are completely dependent . in the form of the form of the wagnerites. is it in the form? by the way, it’s uh, it’s directly russian bras , there are instructors, and which these governments control to the maximum extent, this is also the construction of this axis . it took place in the last two years, well, before the central parkancy of the republic of the 1

i think in some areas, potentially the central african republic. wagner has it, has other businesses that it's set up that that could be a self sustaining. mm hm. but then again, the question would come, what, what kind of support would they get for preparing equipment from the, from the russian military? where would they get that type of equipment down the line? so, so these are the questions that we're going to be looking for in the future to kind of read into the tea was how, what a time to write a book about the wagner group that was john lector, expert on the mercenaries. thank you so much for your time and thank you for having me. and let's take a look now. some other headlines from around the world results top electoral court has voted to bar former president, i are both in are from public office until 2030. the court concluded that he had abused his power ahead of last year's elections just found that boston or had used the official government channels to boost his own campaign and spread and found a doubts about results. electronic loading system. a traveler, a shot dead to

and that they have instructors or trainers in miley and central african republic training the militaryson that wagner is in a different african trusses. its geopolitical and about extended russian djenepo vertical power but also about getting access to national resources. russia needs access to natural resources partly to circumvent international sanctions, so in terms of the operations, particularly in west africa suddenly stopping, i don't think we would see that happening. more than a year ago, at the outset of the ukrainian war, invasion of ukraine, everyone was talking about how wagner was suddenly going to lead —— leave west africa and go to ukraine, that didn't happen. some wagner operates went to the conflict in ukraine but the vast majority stayed in africa and we have seen the wagner expand its operations since the invasion of ukraine. so evenif since the invasion of ukraine. so even if one individual is no longer in charge of the organisation, i think is too deeply entrenched in a variety of different countries for aid to suddenly stop operating. the other thing to understan

that's not the type of government equipment that we've seen, the central african republic. and, and, and molly, i believe a lot of the equipment is coming in from china. and so the level of support is actually quite fluid. and i think depending on what moscow's interest strategic interest in, in the countries are. mm hm. at the circuit loved ralph says that wagner in the future in africa, depends solely on the countries concerned. but all governments that rely on blockers military support have close ties to moscow as well. so what would have continued presence mean for relations with russia as well? i understand, i'm trying to figure out this question myself. i, i think it's, it's, it's important to note that we're still in stock early stages. and at this point that i'm honestly not sure that i gave you, but it goes and lives off for, or the african governments themselves know exactly where this is going to go, or how it's going to play out. i think in some areas potential that the central african republic wagner has, has other businesses that have set up that that could be

to expand its reach, and i remember when i met the head of wagner's group in the central african republic in 2018, he said that russia was back in africa and know that the wagner's group was starting its operation on the african continent. and he was alluding to the influence of the soviet union had on the continent topping both on this, the ssl that some have in the kremlin, but also among the senior military leaders on the african continent. and we've seen a push more countries coming closer to, to, to, to russia like sent the south africa who has operated military drills with russia. and just recently, just a week ago, we've seen african heads of states going to print to try to appeal for a peace deal for the african perspective. they see the russians as an alternative super power to china or to the united states. and that's thanks to the wagner's group. so this private army is essential for russia, at least here on the african concept. merritt, thank you from the con nicholas. hi, i want to get with you from the front lines, a new cry. now a child stratford who is on the road to backl

it's present in over a dozen countries, such as mounting the central african republic, where in 2018 i met the head of the back of route in that country, he told me then that russia is back in africa. nope, that's wagner is starting. it's operation enough for a job. he's alluding to the soviet union's influence on the continent topping in this, the south that many have both in the kremlin, but also in the senior military official in africa, such as in multi or in the central african republic, where many speak russian, where i've been trained in moscow and this ties in with numerous visits of sergey law for over the course of the year trying to exert more influence on the region as a war breaks out in europe. and this has paid off with very african countries not voting against sanctions against russia. at the un security council. and so putting this organizing on july 26th, the african russia summit. but for the wagner's group, it's presence on the african continent, is for profit. it is present in countries that are rich and gold and minerals in multi, but i'll send the central afric

and i saw the value of group in the central african republic ensures the security of president twitter himself. privilege in made a statement on saturday, referring to its presence in africa saying we were told we were needed in africa. he's referring to the kremlin here, but we were abandoned and all the money and support was stolen. he feels that the kremlin a band and the wagner group. now, the wagner group has numerous activities on the african continent, ranging from ensuring security, in multi in the central african republic, but also extracting a gold and, and minerals up to $2700000000.00 in the central african republic alone. last year was extracted, much of that money is used to fund the wagner group and fighters that are fighting on the european front line. but with the latest statement from circuit laboratory, it's clear that with or without production, the vacuum group will continue its activity on the african continent because it is key to ensuring russia's influence in africa. nicholas hawk, algebra the car to try the news now. and the un special rapid tour on human righ

okay. level of says the most and the group will continue to operate in multi on the central african republic because hawk has more not from center goals capital dot com. so gary lever off is seeking to reassure. there was african governments that were panicked after saturday's rebellion. because they have contracts with the wagner group in countries, dozens of countries on the continent. the wagner's group is active in multi where there are fighters fighting off arm groups linked to a kite. and i saw the value group in the central african republic ensures the security of president twitter himself frequently and made a statement on saturday, referring to its presence in africa. thing we were told we were needed in africa. he's referring to the kremlin here, but we were abandoned and all the money and support was stolen. he feels that the kremlin a band and the wagner group. now, the wagner group has numerous activities on the african continent, ranging from ensuring security in molly and the central african republic, but also extracting a gold and, and minerals up to $2700000000.00 in the cen

at their request, several hundred soldiers are working in the central african republic as instructors will be, but the kremlin will be reluctant for them to leave africa. as long as they command influence and natural resources . mayenijones, bbc news, kyiv. ajudge in the us a judge in the us state ajudge in the us state of colorado has sentenced a 23—year—old to prison for life without parole. for shooting dead five people in a gay nightclub last november. anderson lee aldrich had pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder over the shooting in colorado springs. 17 people were injured. aldrich reached a plea bargain with prosecutors, avoiding what observers say could have been a lengthy trial. a court in moscow has sentenced a russian scientist to twelve years in prison for treason, after convicting him of handing over state secrets to what it called representatives of foreign organisations. valery golubkin, who is 71, is known as a world expert in aero—dynamics at high speeds, and a winner of several state prizes and scientific awards. investigators accused him of handing project r

the mastery group has helped governments and central african republic, libya molly and sue tom, fight rebel groups. percussion is also linked with accessing ministry on political influence in chad. loose m b and zimbabwe. nicholas hawk has just returned from molly was wagner flights of being accused of war crimes. he said this report from neighboring cynical so that the group is helping brush to expound its influence on the african continent. it's present in over a dozen countries, such as mounting the central african republic, where in 2018 i met the head of the back of group in that country, he told me then that russia is back in africa. note that wagner is starting. it's operation in africa. he's alluding to the soviet union's influence on the continent topping in this. the sounds that many have both in the kremlin, but also in the senior military official in africa, such as in molly or in the central african republic, where many speak russian, where i've been trained in moscow. and this ties in with numerous visits of sir gay lover. of uh, over the course of the year trying to exe

well, i met with the head of vag during the central african republic in 2018. at that time he told me russia is back in africa. he didn't say wagner is starting his it's operation on the continent. but here, it's in line with the kremlin policy to see any there. he was alluding to this, this tajah of the soviet union and its influence on the continent. really tapping in this assault that you have in the kremlin and a few people, but also amongst soldiers or military leaders here on the african continent. because many of them have been trained in the former soviet union. some of them keep speaks russian, and molly also and burkina faso in the central african republic. all these countries where we've seen wagner's operations expand over 1600 men. and the soldiers are fighters in multi 1400 men in the central african republic. and they have the support of the crime, and that the un security council, where there was a discussion over the renewal of the un peacekeeping force. and molly, we saw the russian and bounce, so they're really in line with wagner's perspecti

, but also extracting a gold and, and minerals up to $2700000000.00 in the central african republic alone. last year was extracted, much of that money is used to fund the wagner group and fighters that are fighting on the european front line. but with the latest statement from circuit laboratory, it's clear that with or without production, the vacuum group will continue its activity on the african continent because it is cheaper to ensuring russia's influence in africa. nicholas hawk algebra. the car to you in special rapids over on human rights is prison is of us detention facility in guantanamo bay in cuba continue to be subjected to in humane treatment. after the 1st one visit to the facility, finola new alignment says the present should be closed as soon as possible. the rapid toll says that the chinese, that the facility live with ongoing comes from systematic practices of rendition, torture, and of a trade attention to also says form and detainees continue to experience sustained human rights violations. and that the us does not have an adequate system to address the wellbeing of th

and as knowing group has helped governments in central african republic, libya, molly and sudan, find rebel groups. 5 not head progression of fog the head round. that progression is also link to military and political influence in chad, mozambique, and sing babbling. nicholas huck has more on this from the senate goes capital to co, a surgery lab. ralph is seeking to reassure those african governments that were panicked after saturday's rebellion, because they have contracts with the wagner group in countries, dozens of countries on the continent. the wagner's group is active in multi where there are fighters fighting off arm groups linked to a kite. and i saw the value group in the central african republic ensures the security of president wider himself privilege and made a statement on saturday, referring to its presence in africa. thing we were told we were needed in africa. he's referring to the kremlin here, but we were abandoned and all the money and support was stolen. he feels that the kremlin a band and the wagner group. now, the wagner group has numerous activities on the af

that is not what we see in the central african republic. mali, i believe a lot of the equipment is coming in from china. the level of support is quite fluid i think depending on what moscow's strategic interests in the countries are. nicole: sergey lavrov says wagner's future in africa depends solely on the countries concerned -- the country's concerneds. what would a continued process mean for relations with russia? >> well, i'm trying to figure out this question myself. it is important to note we are still in such early stages at this point. i'm honestly not sure that they know where this is going to go or play out. in some areas, potentially the central african republic, wagner has other businesses that it set up, that it could be self-sustaining. but again the question would come, what kind of state support would they get for procuring equipment from the russian military? where would they get that type of equipment on the line? is are the questions we will be looking for in the future to kind of read into the tea leaves. nicole: what a

it's present in over a dozen countries such as molding the central african republic, where in 2018 i met the head of the back of group in that country, he told me then that russia is back in africa. nope, that's wagner is starting. it's operation in africa. he's alluding to the soviet union's influence on the continent topping in this, the south that many have both in the kremlin, but also in the senior military official in africa, such as in multi or in the central african republic, where many speak russian, where i've been trained in moscow, and this ties in with numerous visits of sir gay law roof over the course of the year, trying to exert more influence on the region as a war breaks out in europe. and this has paid off with many african countries not voting against sanctions against russia at the un security council. and so putting this organizing on july 26th, the african russia summit. but for the wagner's group, its presence on the african continent is for profit. it is present in countries that are rich in gold and minerals and multi, but i'll send the central african repub

africa jumped out of his head , unfortunately, the surname that a-a the grand vizier of the african arab republics presidents of the african union and so on, they are all connected somewhere on certain alliances with the führer of moscow, on certain trade schemes, on a certain influence of countries within the framework of opec, and so on, the point is to actually record the current situation , the occupied territory remains, as it were, under the control of the occupying russian troops and - and in the long run, if we were to witness the situation with korea , south korea and north korea were divided along a certain line, and here another argument is pulled out of the pocket, the essence of which is, well , look, germany has united, and as for korea, then korea and south she is free, she is democratic, look at the fact that people are dying of hunger, but the fact is that the essence of the idea that was born in the kremlin is to implement its own imperial idea, if it is important for ukraine how people live in one or another territory, then the kremlin, you know very well , needs it he was never

at their request, several hundred soldiers are working in the central african republic as instructorshe future of wagner in europe will beat, but the kremlin will be reluctant for them to leave africa. as long as they command influence and natural resources. mayenijones, bbc news, kyiv. a20 30 a 20 30 to life in prison without parole for shooting that five people in a nightclub last november. anderson pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder of the shooting in colorado springs 17 people were injured and he reached a plea bargain with prosecutors which could've a lengthy trial. a court in moscow has sentenced a russian scientist at 12 years in prison for treason. convicting him of handing over state secrets to representatives of foreign organisations. valerie was 71 is known as a world expert in aerodynamics at high speeds and a winner of several state prices and scientific awards. investigators accuse them of handing project reports to colleagues from the netherlands. in other news for you, actor harrison ford has graced the red carpet in london for the final time in his role is

attack was allegedly disinformation , the media noted, and later the president of the south african republicfrom the kyiv region visited bucha in particular, which is a kind of symbol of the crimes of the russian federation military during the full-scale war, and then talked about the peace plan from of the african countries, the president of the pair named the 10 component positions of the african union countries regarding russia's war against ukraine, what is important is that this peace plan was also presented on behalf of the congo and uganda, the most important thing, according to the president of the pair, is that this war should be settled through negotiations through diplomatic means. where the escalation of the conflict takes place, when we were here we heard about missile strikes, and such actions do not contribute to strengthening the peace, other points of the peace plan , in particular, talk about the sovereignty of states and peoples in accordance with the organization's charter the united nations must exchange prisoners, humanitarian issues, the need for security guarantees fo

it seems that the meeting of the brics leaders, which was supposed to take place in the south african republic, will also be moved to china , according to reuters, in order not to arrest putin , or the south african republic has ratified the rome statutes and in accordance with him she should arrest putin in the event that he steps on the ground park and i understand that the election of the great there is no south african republic just to refuse the summit in favor of china in order not to arrest putin, that is, putin well, he is already becoming such a mustache too with a cockroach. although he does not have a mustache, which simply escapes into all the crevices, he tries to demonstrate that he is still some kind of figure on the international arena, but in reality he cannot move around the world according to yours. the same summons to the international criminal court for lukashenko, because he is also accused of deporting ukrainian children to the territory of the republic of belarus , creating camps there for children who left or who were forcibly removed from the territory of the occupied

it has contracts for the extraction of mineral resources and the central african republic. and so dogs and elsewhere as well as training and security forces there and is earning money. and so that's not included in these $2000000000.00 in the last year alone. where, according to putting himself funneled to precaution, is it clear where exactly it is? money has come from how the kremlin financed or help finance the walking group. well, putting sudden statements that some of it came from the ministry of defense budgets . but of course, over the last year and a half, the kremlin has stopped sharing a lot of data. and even before the end didn't share all of and certainly not on defense spending. and so there's significant uncertainty there, but you know, him taking responsibility for wagner is particularly important as well. because the group was originally founded around 2014 and then used in africa part to be able to give the kremlin plausible deniability, at least 2 uh its fellow travelers and just a media that all wagner is activity was actually by the russian state. and ap

is from the volcanic group, upgrades, and at least for african countries to done the central african republic molly and libya, it may be of a mess and i was joined to load kennedy for hosta and his national army. you are fighting to seize power from the un recognized governments of national accord account. some form of arguments. soldiers have linked to most nervous to the shooting of civilians and to find those who would surrender. talking to members also placed booby traps and unmarked mines in civilian areas. the one that uses them of committing will crimes. the violence is forcing thousands to flee. it's, it is defense, submitted the claims above, and that is encouraging migrants to cross to europe in an attempt to destabilize but continents ensue. don, involving the soldiers, have long trained, is army, and advised as political leaders. this has helped advances economic interests. a suit denise company, links to wagner has gained gold mining concessions and government approval for a gold processing facility. the outbreak of fights against the done presented wagner with a di. lemme worrie

as for the reports by some american outlets about the panic and the central african republic and the rest of africa, so young, i'd say you'd need to keep in mind the interest these out is a serving book on how little they care about reporting finalist in comparison to that desire to present policy is going to dictate the boat to connect to west ideology and atkins. i already talked about the role russian is playing on the african continent, the central african republic. would you just like molly has officially requested the assistance.

in addition to relations with this pmc, the governments of the central african republic and mali haveicial contacts with our leadership. at their request, several hundred military personnel are working in the car as instructors. this will continue. earlier, i spoke to john lechner, an author and journalist reporting from the central african region. he has an upcoming book on the wagner group. it is good to see you. thank you forjoining us. i want to start with mali, we got the news the un's peacekeeping mission is set to end onjune 30. is wagner in a position there to combat militants, together with mali's army, especially if you look at the fact that its leader, yevgeny prigozhin, and some fighters, are in belarus. thank you for having me. it's a difficult question to answer right now. i think for wagner and mali itself, they've been having a difficult time combatting the various jihadi groups in mali. but at the same time, i'm not sure that their mission necessarily was to retake control of territory from these jihadi groups. at the same time, i think their most important role was a

ready really in the shed and over $10000.00 outsides to be in the central african republic. and this further exacerbated, like i said, that's the ongoing conflict in the pain was part of the continent. and could patients have a splitting factor that really takes a fits a back from way that tends to, it has to silence the guns on the continent. and as it stands, we are in know for a lot more of these guns before we can get the quiet that the oxygen unit has been. ready before we know that the mediation effect, the mediation efforts, have been taking place, particularly lead and disregard by the saudi a republic. and it is, it is an ongoing human, terribly slow efforts in getting the warring factions in this case to come to the table and see about these fees via which is not really materially held any sway with regards to quite sending, regardless in the south. then what do we expect? the thing is that there will be for the intensification of efforts by the international community starting of course, with the organization of what about forgetting union as it tries to find its

wagner has built a - significant presence in sudan, also the central african republic, libya, why isfrica? i think for a number _ wagner group in africa? i think for a number of _ wagner group in africa? i think for a number of reasons. - wagner group in africa? i think for a number of reasons. i - for a number of reasons. i think first and foremost we have to remember that as a profit driven organisation as well any company that provides security protection or private military company services has to be in africa. this is the largest market, probably, for any type of pmcs, wagner included. i think first and foremost we need to remember that mercenary and pmcs in general, they're a symptom of conflict. a symptom of the illness but not necessarily the illness but not necessarily the illness itself. they will chase conflicts where they see it, because that's the best place to offer their services. as another aside, they're able to frame the services they offer within, i would say, the kremlin's preferred foreign policy narrative, which is that russia is a great power returning to the w

africa jumped out of his head, unfortunately, his last name that a-ah grand vizier a-ah of the african arab republics that the presidents of the african union and so on, all of them are somewhere connected to certain alliances with the führer of moscow on certain trade schemes on a certain the influence of countries in within the framework of opec and so on, the point is to actually fix the current situation, the occupied territory remains under the control of the occupying russian troops, and in the future, if we are witnessing the situation with korea , south korea and north korea are divided along a certain line, and here another argument is pulled out of his pocket, the essence of which is, well, look, germany has united. and as for korea, that korea and the south are free, they are democratic, they are highly developed, and there he is, look what is due to hunger people die, but the fact is that the essence of the ideas that were born in the kremlin is the realization of its own imperial idea, if it is important for ukraine how people live in this or that territory, then the kremlin, you know ve

brazil, lola de sileva, spoke when he said that there are ideas of china, there are ideas of african republicshe way, we should add here also the ideas of the african union and the arab league, which are taken exactly like this fragments of this plan, which represents what was developed and imposed on them by russia in the guise of lavrov during his voyages, please note that in all these cases there are carriers of interests and an alliance between the leaders of these states and putin , what is it from the other well, silva that the president of south africa jumped out of his head, unfortunately, his last name, that the grand vizier of the african arab republics, and so on, that the presidents of the african union, and so on, they are all bound somewhere in certain alliances with the führer of moscow in certain trade schemes on a certain influence of countries within the framework of opec and so on, the point is to actually record the current situation , the occupied territory remains, as it were, under the control of the occupying russian troops, and in the future, if we were to witness the

the wagner is here to stay in molly and in the central african republic where they've been active as talk to nicholas hack instead of goals, capital the car. nick, who are those comments by sort a lab ross aimed at who is he trying to reassure when he says wagner will continue? what is doing in molly and c a r plus here a 0. he's trying to reassure those governments that have contracts with the bank and our group, notably molly, the central african republic, there's also mozambique and libya too down there's a dozens of them that have a military contracts and deals with a bag in a group. but he's also trying to reassure the 3000 russian citizens and fighters that work for the values of group that are on the ground and that haven't heard up until now from their leader privilege. and so those are the 2 people. those are the 2 groups of people, but also the leader of the back, the group himself. because in this public statement, he's also trying to reassure that wagner's interest in africa, which is quite important. we'll continue to go on and we'll continue to benefit the group. it sti

so provided security against the level of tax for the government in central african republic. it's believe ok, no joined molly's deck, a long fight against on groups last year after funds withdrew is troops. so how might this and usually effect russia's international standing up with joins by mile and campbell. i'm the director of political studies at the out of center for research and policy studies. who's here with us in the studio? everybody knows the diplomats loves stability so that the moment so russia does not have that stability. how is this going to affect the rest of standing internationally? what uh, it's really interesting that despite the old indicators that about the growing cox within the ocean elite, nobody actually expected that this was coming. so it's very interesting as far as what i chose, international standing is going to say. and i believe that the, the image within has been shaken by this event because everybody was expecting, or was looking at within as a strong amount of pressure. he was, he couldn't be a, is a spa, and, or thought the is undisputed.

. 1005 hundred of its mercenaries have been stationed in central african republic since 2018 to defendhe government against attacks on the capital. this is the man who fought for wagner. in syria. demetri handles civil affairs. handling security and defense matters in exchange for access to natural resources. wagner has a tight grip on the economy and works very closely with the government. what is uncertain at this stage is where the sympathies lie with the kremlin or with the yevgeny prigozhin. a former russian a special forces soldier and he was in direct contact with yevgeny prigozhin for whom he organized meetings with the head of several african states, unlike in of the afgan republic, he relies more on the russian army for logistical support. it is unknown whether or not ma's supported the failed rebellion. -- if wagner supported the failed rebellion. >> we are watching for all developments. in spite of the mutiny the russian advance against ukraine . continues to hit in the city of these ukraine happened earlier this evening as the poor dining, the governor says many civilians

at their request, several hundred soldiers are working in the central african republic as instructorsontinue. it's not clear what the future of wagner in europe will beat, but the kremlin will be reluctant for them to leave africa. as long as the command —— they command influence and natural resources. mayenijones, bbc news, kyiv. in a moment we'll talk to our international editor jeremy bowen in the ukrainian capital kyiv, but first to our russia editor steve rosenberg. steve, what's your assessment of what we've heard tonight and where this leaves president putin? mm. ithink mm. i think that if mr putin had made that tv address two days ago after the agreement to end the mutiny, then perhaps he would have emerged looking stronger. i'm not sure whether he looks stronger tonight. in a sense, he is playing catch up, because after his first tv address on saturday he remained silent about the rebellion. people wanted to hear what the president had to say about these tumultuous events, particularly about the agreement that was reached to end the rebellion, controversial agreement, controv

but the city on molly libya, central african republic, and sudan. if true, goshen goes. what do you think is going to happen to the structure of wagner, given the fact that you were talking about that russia regards wagner as very much its own presence in those countries? yes indeed, i think this is really the right question because it was pushing and, and proposing to try to avoid criticizing each of the threats they sort of control the c, which has been going on between precaution and the russian. come on this for some months now as a precaution is very much the creation of putin who is found into the a highly useful instrument as a carry out. for example, this information attacks against the united states, the elections, this becomes induced admitted a, to have these incursions into africa, which gives the rough should the russian state, if activity, you know, i billeting while bringing any new, most economic benefits to russia in terms of the diamonds and the legal mining and the all of but i the same time, of course, uh, wanting for the russian folks who just watchi