KEY POINTS
- The fate of the Wagner Group hangs in the balance following the apparent death of its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
- In Africa, Wagner may stay more or less intact under new management or be subsumed by another Russian mercenary group.
- In some ways, it is an invaluable tool of Kremlin foreign policy.
A day before mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane crash, a Russian official visited Libya to reassure allies that fighters from the Wagner Group would remain in the country — but under Moscow’s control.
Meeting in Benghazi, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov told…
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