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In 2014, Wagner Group was just a small band of mercenaries.

Today, they're a shadow army of 50,000 operators in 27 countries.

They've seized gold mines worth billions, overthrown governments, and redrawn Africa's resource map.

Here's how Russia built its mercenary empire: 🧵

To understand Wagner's rise, we must first examine its origins.

Founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin (Putin's former chef) and Dmitry Utkin (an ex-Russian intelligence officer), Wagner emerged during Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea,

It supportied separatist forces in Ukraine's Donbas region.

Though private military companies are technically illegal under Russian law, the Kremlin has used Wagner to advance its foreign policy while maintaining plausible deniability.

Prigozhin long denied his involvement before finally admitting to being Wagner's leader in 2022.

The Africa Strategy

Since 2017, Wagner has systematically expanded across Africa using a calculated approach:

Enter countries experiencing conflict, offer security to embattled regimes, and demand natural resources and political influence in return.

With approximately 5,000 personnel in Africa (including former Russian soldiers, convicts, and foreign nationals), Wagner has established a presence in multiple countries, providing services from combat operations to presidential guard duties.

Beyond Military Support

Wagner's approach is comprehensive.

They run political influence operations through Prigozhin's Internet Research Agency, which has worked from Ghana and Nigeria to spread disinformation.

They provide training to national armies and personal protection for leaders, creating dependencies.

They've established companies handling every step of resource extraction, processing, and export.

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Not only china or westerns are in africa but also Russia through this group. Men😔😔😔

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For what ever reason ppl get offended especially when fact or the thruth is being shared. I mean it's no surprise but when ever I interact with these people when I question their belief or mind
there like you shouldn't question me this or your obsessed with fact, reality, statics, logic or what ever. I mean is ppl living in illusion?? We shouldn't question our belief??🤔🤔🤔

I love to question. But questioning ppl some times will give you an enemy.

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