"If Moscow decides to recall Wagner's fighters and send us 'Beethoven' or 'Mozart' instead, we will accept them..." The words of an adviser to the Central African president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, could make us smile. Above all, it reflects the uncertainty surrounding the future of the mercenary group, in Africa — one of their favorite fields — as well as in Russia and Ukraine, after the abortive mutiny of their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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Can the group continue to exist as such after the spectacular equipment that saw it, last Saturday, take control of the city of Rostov-on-Don (1 million inhabitants) and begin a march on Moscow? Will this force of about 10,000 men - Prigozhin says 25,000 men - be disbanded, or 'recycled' in any way, in view of the contribution it has made to the fighting led by Russia in Ukraine, but also in the Middle East and on the African continent? Monday night, in a short...
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