In a joint new investigation, two divisions of Radio Free Europe — the Ukraine-based #Skhemy project and the Russian media #Sistema — uncovered an illicit military recruitment scheme run by Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (#GRU). The military intelligence agency, it appears, is using a fictitious private military company, PMC #Redut (which translates as “Redoubt”), to recruit mercenaries for the war in Ukraine.
'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.'
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.'
'#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.'
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