The information is included in a report of the European External Action Service, while Brussels studies sanctions against the Russian mercenary group.
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* While the European Union (EU) announced, on November 15, the study of sanctions against the Wagner Private Group for “possible” activities in Mali, new revelations from European diplomatic services evoke the passage of at least one battalion of the Central African Republic (RCA) under the direct control of this Russian mercenary company, famous close to the Kremlin.
The Brussels EuobSerse website affirmed , Monday, November 29 On the basis of a report established two weeks ago by the European External Action Service (EEAS), which Wagner now leads these troops formed by the Europeans, as part of the EUTM RCA mission. Launched in 2016 and extended until September 2022, this training forces training mission implies some 365 people and has an annual budget of approximately 17 million euros. A civil council mission, EUAM RCA (71 people and 11.2 million euros in annual budget), complements the EU action in the country. The MINUSCA, UN Peacekeeping Mission, brings together, it still nearly 15,000 men.
The Wagner group, called RU / WG by the European rapporteurs, would count, for its part, “several hundred” of members in the Central African Republic, while 2,600 “military personnel” Russians would be present. By fighting the armed rebellion, hostile to the Chairman Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Wagner would focus on Russian action on the western mining resources and at the center of the country, says the report of the EEAS. To the east, the Russian forces have been deploying for some time in protected natural areas, but the European service wonders about their exact goal.
“Assassinations”, “rape” and “torture”
The authors of the document say that most of the Central African troops present on the ground are today “under the direct command or supervision of the mercenaries of Wagner Group”. This one, they pursue, also exercises “a solid influence on the command of the Central African Armed Forces and other government institutions”.
The territorial infantry battalion 7, formed by the EU, would be totally under the group Cup, according to the diplomatic service – which also relates to the close links between part of the staff of the armies Central Africans and Russian officials. Insufficient links with troops and controls on these is “regularly exploited by mercenaries, which therefore use the deployed units”, continues the document.
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