'the #Syrian Government has given the fighters an ultimatum to incorporate themselves into  the Russian army in #Syria or to disarm and leave by Oct.

Finding a successor amenable to the #Kremlin and also acceptable to the government In #Mali and #CAR might prove to be very tricky

#Wagner and #Prigozhin have not been mentioned on #Russian state tv since the start of September' more on #TheGlobalJigsaw:
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'One argument against the hit job theory came from the #Kremlin -friendly president of neighbouring Belarus, Alexander #Lukashenko

"I know Putin, he is a calculating, calm and even a sluggish man, so i cannot imagine that he did that. It was a very rough, unprofessional job. very much unlike #Putin. But whatever happened, he will be blamed for that"

What is the #WagnerGroup up to in #Belarus ? Answers in #TheGlobalJigsaw special on #Wagner after #Prigozhin
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hlb

Hear #BBC Monitoring’s #Russia , Middle East #MENA , #Africa , #Ukraine and military experts weigh in on the options on #TheGlobalJigsaw #Wagner special:
'the likelihood of not just Wagner, but any other private military company gaining as much power and influence within the #Russian system as Wagner and as #Prigozhin had, those days are gone. #Putin 's learnt his lesson and I don't think any company or individual will be able to gain that much power again'

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'there is one person who used to be sort of a liaison between #Russia 's Def Min and #Wagner .  Andrey #Troshev , callsign Sedoy, was one of Wagner’s spokespeople… After the #mutiny he fled to another private military company called #Redut - it is essentially a military unit operated out of military bases and run by the Def Min.' 

A wagner 2.0 under #Shoigu ? What is the likelihood? Insights on #TheGlobalJigsaw
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Sedoy means grey haired in #Russian . #Troshev -a ret colonel- participated in the #Afghan , #Syrian and #Chechen conflicts. Yesterday #Putin met him - likely the closest to a confirmation of his significant role in the #Wagner story.

'absorption into #Redut is now one of the many options for Wagner’s future and we know that Troshev, alongside several other defectors, has been trying to lure over Wagner fighters into that military company.'

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Despite his personal connection to #Putin , #Prigozhin wasn’t seen by the #Wagnerites as a #Kremlin -linked #oligarch but rather as an outsider, as one of them. As a former convict himself, he spoke their language.

'Prigozhin was very popular with his fighters, because many  were also very critical of the Kremlin, its policies and the #war , especially how it is being commanded by the Defence Ministry.'
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'Many people would have been jailed twice over for saying a fraction of what #Prigozhin said, however he managed to remain free, and for a very long period of time alive, while still remaining a very vocal critic  And that drew a lot of people to him because many of them shared his views, wanted what they perceived as the truth to be spoken, but they could not speak it themselves. So there was prigozhin, this very loud person who would speak it for them.'

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'Option three is that #Russia 's defence ministry tries to supplant rather than absorb #Wagner 's activities in particular the Middle East and #Africa , which I would say were the main theatres of Wagner's operations.'

'Regarding their presence in Africa… there does not appear to be some sort of a race to take control of Wagner, the actual company. But it does seem to be some sort of an effort to take over wagner’s contracts and ties, even its militarty assets.' https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hlb

'#Redut is a defence ministry operated #PMC . It is said to operate out of regular military bases, and its servicemen sign contracts directly with the ministry. The so called #Russian Expeditionary Corps is now being set up as part of Redut. (Rumoured to be set up to take over #Wagner ’s #Africa ops) Recently, according to grey zone they grew from 2500 fighters to a staggering manpower of about 20,000 men, with plans to recruit 20 thousand more.'
Intrigued? Tune in:

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'Just before #Prigozhin ’s plane went down in fact, the very day before we heard reports that #Russia 's Deputy Defence Minister, Yunus-Bek #Yevkurov was in #Libya - he met with Commander #Haftar Who is one of the key figures in Libya.'

More on the race to take over #Wagner in the #MENA region and their operations in #Africa in the latest special of #TheGlobalJigsaw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hlb