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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says the US will no longer fund Ukraine for its war with Russia if elected.

@WatcherGuru

🇺🇸⚡️ - A pro-Trump rally is set to be organized tomorrow in Atlanta.

🇷🇺🇲🇱 At 7pm Moscow time yesterday, hours after the plane crash which killed Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, a jet from the Russian "Ministry for Emergency Situations" flew from Zhukovsky Airport in Moscow to Damascus.

The plane stopped over for two hours before continuing on to Bamako in Mali for reasons unknown.

https://twitter.com/fabsenbln/status/1694624770141081752?t=qfb6NRoIgA_19RtRa7AdYQ&s=19

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️- Ukraine has denied responsibility in the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin.

⚡️🇷🇺🌍Exclusive: Wagner's rotation in Africa and dialogue with the Russian government

Our sources told us interesting facts regarding the negotiations between Wagner PMC and Russian government that involve Africa and Wagner's presence there.

Apparently, just the day before the plane, on which PMC's boss Yevgeny Prigozhin allegedly was traveling to Moscow, crashed, an agreement was reached with one of the security agencies of the Russian Federation.

This agreement was made to separate Russian Ministry of Defense and Wagner, so to make them focus on different directions and tasks in the interests of the Russian Federation and make sure they don't overlap each other, in order to prevent another conflict and "mutiny".

Wagner was supposed to partially return to Ukraine and even more intensify its activities on the African continent.

So Russian idea was to increase the presence of the PMC in Africa and, following the idea of separation of tasks between Wagner and the Ministry of Defense, make the group one of the main Russian military actors on the continent.

#Wagner #Russia #Africa

@africaintel

⚡️🇷🇺🌍 Exclusive: Regarding the Russian delegation in Western Libya and its role to decrease the influence of Wagner in Africa

We received new additional bits of information about the conflict between Wagner and Russian government and the involvement of Africa in it. Previously we've told about the separation in tasks between Wagner PMC and Russian Ministry of Defense.

As we've found out, the story is not that simple. Yesterday we published news about the visit of the delegation from the Russian Ministry of Defense, headed by Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Yunus-bek Yevkurov, to Western Libya where Khalifa Haftar forces are present (which, by the way, used the services of Prigozhin). Previously this delegation visited Syria.

Negotiations were not only about the cooperation and fighting terrorism together. As it turns out, Yunus-bek Yevkurov held meetings with the leadership of these countries and insisted on the winding down of all Wagner's supporting business projects and withdrawal of PMC's contingents. The most important part was that the decision had to be made independently by the governments of Syria and Western Libya to deflect negativity from the Russian leadership.

So on the one hand, Russian government tried to negotiate with the Wagner PMC and make it focus primarily on Africa. And on the other hand, the Ministry of Defense tried to persuade Libya to decrease the presence of Wagner's forces.

#Wagner #Russia #Africa

@africaintel

⚡️🇷🇺🌍 Exclusive: Addition on how Russia banned Syria from receiving CAR flights

And to finish the talk about Wagner's rotation, negotiations with the Russian government and the Ministry of Defense attempts to decrease PMC's presence here are some additions to the story we've already covered about how Russia banned Syria from receiving CAR flights.

As we said, Wagner PMC had serious problems with rotation in Africa, because Foreign Ministry at the request of Ministry of Defense banned Prigozhin's group from using Russian air bases in Syria for logistics needs that includes the use of aircrafts of the Russian Air Force for the transportation. After that Wagner started to use African and Syrian aircrafts. PMC chartered them at their own expense and used them for transportation. And they used Damscus as a new transfer point.

Russian Foreign Ministry found this out and wanted to bureaucratize the transfer of aircraft through Syria as much as possible. However, diplomats and the consul got it all mixed up and forbade Syria to receive Central African's aircrafts. Everyone in Syria and CAR government were in shock.

It all came to a direct call from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic to Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Bogdanov, who was on vacation. Despite the call, the lack of understanding on all sides, including Bognadov who said that such case is impossible, the situation is still unresolved.

To sum up, Russian Ministry of Defense through Foreign Ministry was working very hard to disrupt the work of the Wagner PMC in Africa, while trying to make it as natural as possible (like it wasn't their idea, but African's). At the same time they tried to smooth things over with the group to prevent new conflict.

#Wagner #Russia #Africa

@africaintel

🇲🇩⚖️❌🟦⬜️🟥⚡️Moldovan prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation after the chairman of the Gagauzian General Assembly, Dmitri Constantinov, suggested a possible secession from the Republic of Moldova.

Reminder to my viewers that earlier this February PAS criminalised separatism and "conspiracy against Moldova" punishable with up to 12 years in prison.

@Wallachian_Gazette

🇲🇩☭🎉 Renaissance, a splinter political party which broke off from the Moldovan Socialist Party in January, organised a march in Chisinau celebrating 79 years since the occupation of the city by the Red Army.

The banner reads "Moldova's future is Eurasian unity". The Gagauzian flag was also spotted during the march.

@Wallachian_Gazette

“We discussed a range of regional issues, including bilateral Iraq-Turkey relations and also with the Kurdistan Region, as well as the mechanism of exporting the Kurdistan Region’s oil,” Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said.

“We assure you that the Kurdistan Region will fulfill its constitutional obligation by not allowing any parties to use its land as a launchpad for attacks on neighboring countries," PM Barzani said, reassuring the Turkish foreign minister.

“Erbil was always a safe and secure city during times where Iraq would undergo conflict. We see this as something important and are ready for all assistance to make sure this goes on,” Fidan said.

The Turkish foreign minister said that Ankara would continue pursuing PKK fighters in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq

@KurdishFrontNews

"Turkey's relations with Baghdad and Erbil are always important. During my visit to Baghdad, we discussed Iraqi-Turkish relations, fight against terrorism and water issues," Turkish FM Hakan Fidan said.

@KurdishFrontNews

⚡️🇺🇸 Heavy Security presence in the US state of Georgia before the deadline for Trump arriving to Fulton County to hand himself over to American authorities over criminal charges has been reported.

@themediterraneanman

🇷🇺⚡️- Putin has expressed his condolences to the people killed in the Tver plane crash, including to Yevgeny Prigozhin and his family.