Kiev
It is "
one of the most successful and most complex special operations in the history of post-Soviet space"
or even in the history of the secret services, according to Roman Dobrokhotov, editor-in-chief of Russian media The Insider.
The "Wagnergate", as the case has been dubbed by the Ukrainian media in reference to the name of the Russian private military company, begins in Minsk on July 29, 2020. With a lot of images shot by the Belarusian services, the president in about to be re-elected, Alexander Lukashenko, is pleased to have arrested 33 Russian mercenaries who according to him were instigating a foreign plot, in a hotel near the capital.
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But in reality these fighters were trapped by the Ukrainian secret services, in an incredible operation which aimed to stop them.
The case is perilous for the Ukrainian executive, accused by journalists and the opposition of having sabotaged the operation.
Its outlines remained blurry until the post on Wednesday
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