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Shadowy Vagner Group To Recruit In Russia's Belgorod, Kursk Regions


Russian businessman and Vagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin (file photo)
Russian businessman and Vagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin (file photo)

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Vagner Group, a shadowy Russian military company, announced on November 6 the funding and creation of “militia training centers” in Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk regions in the southwest, saying that locals were best placed to “fight against sabotage” on Russian soil. The training centers are in addition to a military technology center the group said it was opening in St. Petersburg. To read the original report by Current Time, click here.

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