documents of mercenaries "PKK Wagner" confirm – it is a detachment of the armed forces of

SBU chief Vasily Hrycak said he had identified the link between the mercenaries of PMC Wagner and the Russian Armed Forces, according to the agency's website.

Hrycak unveiled a list of 149 people who, he said, were directly involved in the crackdown. Democratic demonstrations in Sudan early 2019.

"The analysis of passport data of more than a thousand employees of PKN Wagner" indicates that the vast majority of Russian mercenary documents were issued centralized in Moscow by the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation, which is also underway. documents and have covered officers of the Directorate General Personnel of the armed forces "Petrov" and "Boshyrova" – artists attack chemical in British Salisbury. In this case, the number of passports of several hundred "Wagnerians" also differs only by the last figures ", – indicates the message.

According to the SBU, the information available indicates the objective set for the trip Sudanese business "PKC Wagner", residents of the temporarily occupied Crimea, which assistance of the Russian aggressor has been rewarded by the citizenship of the Russian Federation, as well as by citizens of Belarus, Moldova and of self-proclaimed republics backed by Russia

It has already been reported that fighters of the so-called "Wagner PVK" operate in Sudan, Obligated with Vladimir Putin, the billionaire Eugene Prigozhin.Western journalists also make the connection between the the presence of armed Russians in Sudan and Russia's growing activity in Africa, particularly in countries such as Libya, Madagascar, the Central African Republic, Congo (Kinshasa) and Nigeria

The SBU statement in Russia has not been commented.

Earlier on January 23, the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, confirmed the presence of Russian mercenaries involved in the conflict. they trained for the security forces but refused to participate in the repression of demonstrations.

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On December 20 of last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that private military companies could work in any country if their employees did not violate Russian laws. According to the President of Russia, the Prosecutor General's office in Russia should evaluate possible violations of "Wagner's PVK". In this department, they said they did not have data on the illegal actions of Wagner's PVK.