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"Coded message"/ What is hidden behind Putin's meeting with Wagner's former commander?!

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"Coded message"/ What is hidden behind Putin's meeting with

Wagner has long acted as an often deniable extension of Russian foreign policy. If Friday's meeting is any guide, Yevkurov appears to be a key man for Wagner's next move, while Troshev gets another brief: Wagner 2.0's oversight of the war in Ukraine...

Russian President Vladimir Putin's "vertical of power" – the way in which the entire structure of Russian political power rests on one man – has been subjected to a profound stress test after the aborted march of mercenary group Wagner on Moscow in June.

But now everything is back to normal, and Wagner's remains are back in government control, if the Kremlin's messages are true. In a televised meeting on Friday, Putin met with Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and former Wagner commander Andrey Troshev.

The meeting was held in a long-known format. Putin sat at the head of a conference table with documents and briefing notes, making a few general remarks before getting down to business. The language was measured, competent and relatively without substance: It could have been a routine meeting with a regional governor to discuss economic plans, at least judging by the official reading.

But unpack the language, and Friday's Putin meeting appeared to cast a reassuring glow on the Russian government's effort to bring the mercenary group to its feet. Troshev is the man Putin tapped to lead the mercenary group after the dramatic fall of its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.

After leading the group's insurgency this summer and then accepting an apparent deal to end it, Prigozhin died in late August when his private plane fell from the sky over Russia's Tver region. But the damage Prigozhin did to Putin's image of infallibility remains.

So Putin on Friday did one of the things he does best: delve into the details of governance.

" I would like to talk to you about matters of a social nature," Putin told Troshev, without mentioning Wagner by name. "You keep in touch with the comrades you fought with and now you continue to carry out these combat missions. We have created the "Defenders of the Fatherland" fund, and I have said it many times and I want to emphasize it again: regardless of the status of the person who performs or has performed combat missions, social guarantees must be absolutely the same for everyone," Putin said .

Dangling the carrot of "social guarantees", one can conclude that the Russian government will take over the system of giving money and compensation that Wagner's fighters in Ukraine enjoyed under Prigozhin, something that gave the mercenary leader some loyalty.

The Russian leader also alluded to an earlier offer made to Wagner's fighters after the short-lived rebellion: Sign contracts with the Russian defense ministry or go to neighboring Belarus. Wagner's future in Belarus has since been called into question, and the Russian government appears to be moving more vigorously to bring Wagner's remains into conventional military structures, along with all the benefits that might bring.

"Në takimin e fundit, ne folëm për faktin se ju do të përfshiheni në formimin e njësive vullnetare që mund të kryejnë misione të ndryshme luftarake, kryesisht, natyrisht, në zonën e një operacioni special ushtarak. Ju vetë keni luftuar në një njësi të tillë për më shumë se një vit. Ju e dini se çfarë është, si bëhet, ju dini për çështjet që duhet të zgjidhen paraprakisht në mënyrë që puna luftarake të vazhdojë në mënyrën më të mirë dhe më të suksesshme", i tha Putin ish-komandantit të Wagner.

Agjencia shtetërore ruse e lajmeve RIA Novosti raportoi të premten se Troshev "po punon tashmë me ministrinë e mbrojtjes" - duke cituar zëdhënësin e Kremlinit Dmitry Peskov - duke sinjalizuar se ai nuk do të jetë një sipërmarrës i pavarur siç ishte Prigozhin.

Por kjo nuk i përgjigjet pyetjes disi më të gjerë se çfarë planifikon të bëjë shteti rus me gjithë punën që i ka dhënë Wagner-it në Afrikë, Lindjen e Mesme dhe diku tjetër gjetkë. Luftëtarët Wagner kanë qenë aktivë në disa vende afrikane, duke përfshirë Malin, Republikën e Afrikës Qendrore dhe Libinë.

Prania e Yevkurov në takim mund të ofrojë një të dhënë. Në fund të gushtit, Yevkurov udhëhoqi një delegacion ushtarak rus në qytetin libian të Bengazit për t'u takuar me Ushtrinë Kombëtare Libiane, të udhëhequr nga gjenerali renegat Khalifa Haftar.

Wagner ka mbështetur Ushtrinë Kombëtare Libiane për disa vite, siç thuhet duke mbështetur fushatën ushtarake të Haftarit 2019-2020 kundër qeverisë me bazë në Tripoli. Ushtria amerikane thotë se Wagner ka përdorur gjithashtu Libinë si një bazë logjistike, duke fluturuar fluturime mallrash në bazat në Libinë lindore për të rifurnizuar operacionet e saj atje.

Kanë dalë gjithashtu dëshmi se Wagner ka përdorur bazat në Libi për të furnizuar Forcat e Mbështetjes së Shpejtë të Sudanit.

Wagner has long acted as an often deniable extension of Russian foreign policy. If Friday's meeting is any guide, Yevkurov appears to be a key man for Wagner's next move, while Troshev gets another brief: Wagner 2.0's oversight of the war in Ukraine./ Adapted "Pamphlet" from " CNN "

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