WAGNER PUTIN HAS DRAWN CHARISMA AND DESTROYED THE END OF DICTATORS

Wagner, a mercenary company used by Russia for various operations, seems to have been on the agenda as of yesterday with his call for an uprising and partially taking control of a city in the country. So what is this Wagner, what kind of mission was it founded with? Last year at SOL, we told about the company and its mission on that day over an incident in Nigeria in which Wagner was involved. We are retransmitting our news in the same way for readers of the LEFT.

According to Nigerian award-winning journalist Philip Obaji from the region, about 70 civilians working at the mine were killed in a Wagner attack on a gold mine operated by an opposition rebel group in the Central African Republic. Such a massacre took place in the countryside when Wagner's troops, who had retreated with the beginning of the conflict with the UPC militia that came to the region, attacked again with the support of regular army units affiliated to the government.

What is this Wagner?

Wagner is a private security company based in Russia. Its founder is Dmitry Utkin, a retired special operations soldier with a lot of medals. Because of Utkin's sympathy for the Nazis, the name of the German composer Richard Wagner was adopted as the name of the company. The company has close ties with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. One of the most important financial supporters is Evgeni Viktorovich Prigojin.

When capitalist Russia was taking shape

To look at the record of Wagner, and therefore of the Russian Federation, we have to pay attention to the background of events.

Until recently, Soviet power existed in the territories dominated by the Russian Federation today. The Soviet Union, especially 2. After World War II, he supported the independence struggles that started against imperialism in Africa, Latin America and Asia. In some countries, movements organized for independence came to power and declared the independence of their countries. In the bipolar world, where socialism is an important force, these states were able to exist by Decoupling themselves from imperialism. The Soviet Union also supported and stood in solidarity with these states, which were not socialist, but exhibited populist rule.

at the beginning of the 1990s, everything turned upside down with the collapse of the populist governments in the Soviet Union and Europe. While Russia and the Eastern European territories were dragged into a terrible plunder, exploitation and poverty, the former colonial countries that had just gained their independence were also abandoned to the mercy of imperialism.

During the period that has passed from this period to the present, imperialist plundering wars have gained momentum, especially in Africa. This situation will emerge when the political situation of the countries holding important reserves on the continent, which is quite rich in terms of natural resources, is examined. While regional conflicts, military coups and civil wars are going on in Africa, the bourgeoisie, which has consolidated its power in Russia thanks to Putin, is setting its eyes on the lands it was in contact with during the Soviet era in order to get a share of the loot today. The private security company Wagner also comes into play at this point.

Putin's cook

Evgeni Viktorovich Prigojin comes at the head of the names that we come across when we talk about the Wagner Group. Known as ”Putin's cook", Prigojin is known for his investments in the food sector. This person, who organizes banquets for Putin's high-level foreign guests, is also Wagner's manager. Prigojin is a capitalist who flourished during the Putin era. It should be added that after a certain stage, Putin invested in accordance with his needs and opened up to new areas. Today, Prigojin is a person who has been investigated and blacklisted in absentia for interfering in elections in the United States in connection with the Internet Research Agency, also known as Glavset, which he owns. The other important group company that Prigojin has invested in is seen as Concord company.

Wagner

Today, the Wagner company has become a semi-official force through which the Russian bourgeoisie can increase its influence in the areas where it wants to establish a presence. In fact, this company, which is a barefoot military unit, is also very useful because it carries a side that can be denied to the Putin administration if necessary.

The world public opinion learned about such dirty war tactics with the US-based Blackwater company. A large number of information and documents have emerged about the role that this company played on the ground in coordination with the US Armed Forces, especially during the invasion of Iraq.

Wagner was first seen in the conflicts in the eastern regions and the annexation of Crimea during the civil war following the European Union-backed coup in Ukraine in 2014. It is believed that the militia-looking people Decked out in uniform, armed but not belonging to any country's army, who appeared before the annexation of the Crimean territory during the first outbreak of the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, are Wagner members. The company, which was active during the Syrian Civil War, in post-Gaddafi Libya and finally today, especially on the African continent, operates in a fairly wide geography.

The company, which is seen in various conflict zones around the world, sometimes supporting governments, sometimes siding with opponents of the regime, acts in the last analysis in accordance with Russia's foreign policy and the interests of its Russian bosses.