Evguéni Prigojine, a businessman close to the Kremlin, admitted on Monday, September 26 to having founded the paramilitary group Wagner in 2014 to fight in Ukraine and recognized its presence in particular in Africa and Latin America.
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In a post on the social networks of his company Concord, the person concerned said he founded the group in order to send competent fighters to the Ukrainian Donbass in
2014 .
born a group of patriots who took the name of Wagner Battalion Tactical Group
, ”he said in this press release.
