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· Oct 14
🧵 1/4 After its June 13, 2025 defeat in Kidal, #Mali, the #AfricaCorps faces major setbacks. #Niger and #BurkinaFaso now seek renewed U.S. support as losses expose the Corps’ declining strength and vulnerability to rebel and JNIM tactics, its worst blow since Tinzaouaten in 2024.
🇷🇺 #Russia is now selling physical gold from its Central Bank reserves, about 2 330 tonnes, no longer relying solely on its wealth fund, whose gold fell 57% in three years (405→173 t). These sales of #Wagner 's gold ease short-term budget pressure but speed up long-term reserve depletion.
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🇫🇮 #Finland has sent back the ex-Wagner fighter who crossed the border in June claiming he fled the war. His #Wagner past, photos, boasts, videos, was easy to trace. Flagged as a security risk, his asylum bid was fast-tracked for removal. Now he’s back in Russia as probes continue.
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🇲🇱 In #Mali, brutal torture, executions and widespread abuses of #Wagner and #AfricaCorps forcing thousands to flee and leaving survivors traumatised : eyewitnesses for
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Russia's Wagner group accused of killing civilians in cold-blood in Mali
Refugees have given the BBC a harrowing account of atrocities committed by the Russian paramilitary force.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🇲🇱 In #Mali, brutal torture, executions and widespread abuses of #Wagner and #AfricaCorps forcing thousands to flee and leaving survivors traumatised : eyewitnesses for
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🧵 1/5 Omerta on a paedophilia scandal within #Wagner
In Oct 2025, a Wagner supporter, posing as a 14-year-old girl under the pseudo Vyaliy666 on Odnoklassniki, engaged a Wagner fighter using the alias "ЕВГЕНИЙ НЕТ", after noticing his comments on minors’ photos.
In Oct 2025, a Wagner supporter, posing as a 14-year-old girl under the pseudo Vyaliy666 on Odnoklassniki, engaged a Wagner fighter using the alias "ЕВГЕНИЙ НЕТ", after noticing his comments on minors’ photos.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🧵 1/5 Omerta on a paedophilia scandal within #Wagner
In Oct 2025, a Wagner supporter, posing as a 14-year-old girl under the pseudo Vyaliy666 on Odnoklassniki, engaged a Wagner fighter using the alias "ЕВГЕНИЙ НЕТ", after noticing his comments on minors’ photos.
In Oct 2025, a Wagner supporter, posing as a 14-year-old girl under the pseudo Vyaliy666 on Odnoklassniki, engaged a Wagner fighter using the alias "ЕВГЕНИЙ НЕТ", after noticing his comments on minors’ photos.
An extensive @bellingcat.com report details the trajectory of Vladislav Romanov, a former Russian opposition figure who joined the neo-Nazi paramilitary group #Rusich, linked to #Wagner.
From opposing Putin to raising funds for a neo-Nazi paramilitary group, this is the digital footprint of one Russian man with a shifting political ideology. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
How a Former Political Hopeful Helps Russian Neo-Nazi Group Rusich Sell its Online Merch - bellingcat
An investigation by Bellingcat has found that a former St. Petersburg local election prospect is helping Neo-Nazi paramilitary group, Rusich, operate its online store.
www.bellingcat.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
An extensive @bellingcat.com report details the trajectory of Vladislav Romanov, a former Russian opposition figure who joined the neo-Nazi paramilitary group #Rusich, linked to #Wagner.
🧵1/4 Suspicious Russian flight & #Wagner presence in #Venezuela 🇷🇺✈️
On Oct 26, a Russian IL-76 cargo plane, same type used by Wagner, landed in Caracas after a complex route via Africa. It stayed ~45h before flying to Cuba, fueling claims of Russian-Venezuelan military cooperation.
On Oct 26, a Russian IL-76 cargo plane, same type used by Wagner, landed in Caracas after a complex route via Africa. It stayed ~45h before flying to Cuba, fueling claims of Russian-Venezuelan military cooperation.
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🧵1/4 Suspicious Russian flight & #Wagner presence in #Venezuela 🇷🇺✈️
On Oct 26, a Russian IL-76 cargo plane, same type used by Wagner, landed in Caracas after a complex route via Africa. It stayed ~45h before flying to Cuba, fueling claims of Russian-Venezuelan military cooperation.
On Oct 26, a Russian IL-76 cargo plane, same type used by Wagner, landed in Caracas after a complex route via Africa. It stayed ~45h before flying to Cuba, fueling claims of Russian-Venezuelan military cooperation.
🇲🇱#Mali : A fuel convoy from Côte d’Ivoire to Bamako escorted by... the Africa Corps or Wagner? Are the #Wagner flags really just residual traces?
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🇲🇱#Mali : A fuel convoy from Côte d’Ivoire to Bamako escorted by... the Africa Corps or Wagner? Are the #Wagner flags really just residual traces?
🧵1/3 The London Case : Wagner’s Shadow Over #Europe
A UK court sentenced six men for an arson attack allegedly ordered by #Wagner against a London warehouse supplying aid to #Ukraine. Sentences range from 8–23 years. Proof that Wagner’s hybrid warfare now reaches deep into Europe.
A UK court sentenced six men for an arson attack allegedly ordered by #Wagner against a London warehouse supplying aid to #Ukraine. Sentences range from 8–23 years. Proof that Wagner’s hybrid warfare now reaches deep into Europe.
October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🧵1/3 Birao, symbol of #Wagner impunity in #CAR.
On Sept 16 2025, Wagner mercenaries killed 4-5 Sudanese herders near Birao, sparking reprisals and mass flight toward Ndélé & Amdafock. Government calm video hides the truth : Birao shows Wagner’s rule, extortion, looting, rape, murder.
On Sept 16 2025, Wagner mercenaries killed 4-5 Sudanese herders near Birao, sparking reprisals and mass flight toward Ndélé & Amdafock. Government calm video hides the truth : Birao shows Wagner’s rule, extortion, looting, rape, murder.
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
🧵 1/3 Humanitarian worker Joseph Figueira Martin, arrested by #Wagner, remains detained in #Bangui. He faces a possible life sentence despite no credible evidence. An absurd and unimaginable injustice. The European Parliament demands his "immediate and unconditional release" by #CAR authorities.
October 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🧵 1/4 After its June 13, 2025 defeat in Kidal, #Mali, the #AfricaCorps faces major setbacks. #Niger and #BurkinaFaso now seek renewed U.S. support as losses expose the Corps’ declining strength and vulnerability to rebel and JNIM tactics, its worst blow since Tinzaouaten in 2024.
October 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
🧵 1/4 After its June 13, 2025 defeat in Kidal, #Mali, the #AfricaCorps faces major setbacks. #Niger and #BurkinaFaso now seek renewed U.S. support as losses expose the Corps’ declining strength and vulnerability to rebel and JNIM tactics, its worst blow since Tinzaouaten in 2024.
🇰🇪 The case of Mikhail Lyapin in #Kenya highlights risks of fraudulent foreign ( #Russia ) job schemes and exploitation of African recruits.
Kenya Arrests Russian Diplomat for Recruiting Mercenaries for Putin’s War
Kenyan police arrested Russian diplomat Mikhail Lyapin and a local aide believed to have been recruiting men as mercenaries to fight for Moscow in Ukraine.
Kick all russia's diplomats out...
www.kyivpost.com/post/61087
Kenyan police arrested Russian diplomat Mikhail Lyapin and a local aide believed to have been recruiting men as mercenaries to fight for Moscow in Ukraine.
Kick all russia's diplomats out...
www.kyivpost.com/post/61087
Kenya Arrests Russian Diplomat for Recruiting Mercenaries for Putin’s War
Kenyan police arrested Russian diplomat Mikhail Lyapin and a local aide believed to have been recruiting men as mercenaries to fight for Moscow in Ukraine.
www.kyivpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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🇨🇺❗️🇺🇦 Up to 5,000 Cubans are currently fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine.
⚔️ Zelensky also named China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and African states as additional sources of mercenaries fighting alongside Russia.
Read more 👀⬇️
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⚔️ Zelensky also named China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and African states as additional sources of mercenaries fighting alongside Russia.
Read more 👀⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/foreign-recr...
October 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🇨🇺❗️🇺🇦 Up to 5,000 Cubans are currently fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine.
⚔️ Zelensky also named China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and African states as additional sources of mercenaries fighting alongside Russia.
Read more 👀⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/foreign-recr...
⚔️ Zelensky also named China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and African states as additional sources of mercenaries fighting alongside Russia.
Read more 👀⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/foreign-recr...
🧵1/6 From #Wagner to the #AfricaCorps, Russia’s GRU Unit 29155, infamous for poisonings and assassinations in Europe, is now steering Moscow’s shadow war in Africa. Led by sanctioned Gen. Andrey Averyanov, it fights a brutal, covert war without uniforms but with deadly consequences.
October 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🧵1/6 From #Wagner to the #AfricaCorps, Russia’s GRU Unit 29155, infamous for poisonings and assassinations in Europe, is now steering Moscow’s shadow war in Africa. Led by sanctioned Gen. Andrey Averyanov, it fights a brutal, covert war without uniforms but with deadly consequences.
🧵1/5 #Tatarstan, the #Kremlin ’s gateway to #Africa. Recruitment centers in Kazan lure candidates with 500 000₽ bonuses, travel reimbursements, and constant ads. Officially a "unique experience" and "equal partnership," it exploits workers sent to serve #Moscow ’s ambitions.
September 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🧵1/5 #Tatarstan, the #Kremlin ’s gateway to #Africa. Recruitment centers in Kazan lure candidates with 500 000₽ bonuses, travel reimbursements, and constant ads. Officially a "unique experience" and "equal partnership," it exploits workers sent to serve #Moscow ’s ambitions.
🧵1/3 #Wagner is accused of crossing from #CAR to attack villages near Um Dafuq, #Sudan. Sources (Daily Sudan Post, Sudan Tribune, #RadioDabanga) report 5+ civilians killed, some mutilated. Armed men in 4x4s fired randomly, fueling chaos along an arms-smuggling frontier.
September 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🧵1/3 #Wagner is accused of crossing from #CAR to attack villages near Um Dafuq, #Sudan. Sources (Daily Sudan Post, Sudan Tribune, #RadioDabanga) report 5+ civilians killed, some mutilated. Armed men in 4x4s fired randomly, fueling chaos along an arms-smuggling frontier.
#Mali : On Aug 20, 2025, the FLA struck #AfricaCorps HQ in #Aguelhok with a drone. Reports say 6 dead, 7 seriously wounded, vehicles damaged. Pro - #Wagner channel "White Uncles in Africa" skips casualties, focusing only on drone tech.
September 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#Mali : On Aug 20, 2025, the FLA struck #AfricaCorps HQ in #Aguelhok with a drone. Reports say 6 dead, 7 seriously wounded, vehicles damaged. Pro - #Wagner channel "White Uncles in Africa" skips casualties, focusing only on drone tech.
🧵1/3 #Mali : JNIM launched coordinated attacks, seizing a FAMA base in Tiby, #Ségou. Soldiers reportedly fled, leaving militants in control. Burned PT-76 tanks and other vehicles were spotted. Questions raise about FAMA / #AfricaCorps relationship.
September 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
🧵1/3 #Mali : JNIM launched coordinated attacks, seizing a FAMA base in Tiby, #Ségou. Soldiers reportedly fled, leaving militants in control. Burned PT-76 tanks and other vehicles were spotted. Questions raise about FAMA / #AfricaCorps relationship.
🧵1/6 Extortion, torture, massacres : #Wagner deepened Mali’s insecurity, with crises like 150k refugees in Mbera camp. Weeks later, #AfricaCorps repeated the same : brutality vs civilians, pay-for-service, battlefield defeats. #Mali’ s security keeps deteriorating.
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🧵1/6 Extortion, torture, massacres : #Wagner deepened Mali’s insecurity, with crises like 150k refugees in Mbera camp. Weeks later, #AfricaCorps repeated the same : brutality vs civilians, pay-for-service, battlefield defeats. #Mali’ s security keeps deteriorating.
🧵1/5 Viktor Vasiliev, founder of the African Initiative and #Wagner recruiter, is detained in Bishkek. #Kyrgyzstan accuses him of "complicity in recruiting mercenaries". Held 4 months, his arrest angers pro-Wagner supporters.
September 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🧵1/5 Viktor Vasiliev, founder of the African Initiative and #Wagner recruiter, is detained in Bishkek. #Kyrgyzstan accuses him of "complicity in recruiting mercenaries". Held 4 months, his arrest angers pro-Wagner supporters.
#Malian refugees in #Mauritania doubled since 2022, with Mbera camp’s new district nicknamed “Wagner” after those fleeing the group’s abuses. Plus Malian refugees testify repeated rapes by #Wagner mercenaries. And then Wagner spokesman Ivanov dares to talk about regional destabilization...
August 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
#Malian refugees in #Mauritania doubled since 2022, with Mbera camp’s new district nicknamed “Wagner” after those fleeing the group’s abuses. Plus Malian refugees testify repeated rapes by #Wagner mercenaries. And then Wagner spokesman Ivanov dares to talk about regional destabilization...
A noteworthy report from @thesentryorg.bsky.social highlighting the failure of #Mali’ s #Wagner experiment.
The Russian Wagner Group operations in Mali have created chaos and instability, resulting in paranoia and fractures within the Malian military junta.
Our new investigative report reveals what led to this moment: thesentry.org/reports/merc...
Our new investigative report reveals what led to this moment: thesentry.org/reports/merc...
Mercenary Meltdown - The Sentry
August 2025 Download the full report The first Wagner Group fighters arrived in Bamako in January 2022 to assist the Malian military junta in its counterterrorism campaign. Three and a half years late...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A noteworthy report from @thesentryorg.bsky.social highlighting the failure of #Mali’ s #Wagner experiment.
🧵1/3 Two years after #Prigozhin’ s death, #Russia 🇷🇺 is pursuing a quieter influence in #Africa.
In Luanda, two Russians were arrested on August 7 for allegedly fueling protests with propaganda and covert funds.
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
In Luanda, two Russians were arrested on August 7 for allegedly fueling protests with propaganda and covert funds.
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
How Moscow is reinventing its influence machine across Africa
Russian operatives are using new tactics to expand Moscow’s reach in Africa, two years after the death of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. An investigation led by RFI and the monitoring group All Eyes…
www.rfi.fr
August 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🧵1/3 Two years after #Prigozhin’ s death, #Russia 🇷🇺 is pursuing a quieter influence in #Africa.
In Luanda, two Russians were arrested on August 7 for allegedly fueling protests with propaganda and covert funds.
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
In Luanda, two Russians were arrested on August 7 for allegedly fueling protests with propaganda and covert funds.
www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...
🧵 1/3 #Algeria🇩🇿 - #Mali🇲🇱 : Russia’s balancing act grows risky
Supporting Mali’s junta via #Wagner and the #AfricaCorps sidelines Algiers, a key regional mediator and major Russian military client. Moscow tries to keep ties with Algeria amid rising Bamako-Algiers tensions.
Supporting Mali’s junta via #Wagner and the #AfricaCorps sidelines Algiers, a key regional mediator and major Russian military client. Moscow tries to keep ties with Algeria amid rising Bamako-Algiers tensions.
August 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🧵 1/3 #Algeria🇩🇿 - #Mali🇲🇱 : Russia’s balancing act grows risky
Supporting Mali’s junta via #Wagner and the #AfricaCorps sidelines Algiers, a key regional mediator and major Russian military client. Moscow tries to keep ties with Algeria amid rising Bamako-Algiers tensions.
Supporting Mali’s junta via #Wagner and the #AfricaCorps sidelines Algiers, a key regional mediator and major Russian military client. Moscow tries to keep ties with Algeria amid rising Bamako-Algiers tensions.