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Employees of a private military enterprise, probably the Wagner group, have arrived in Venezuela in recent days to strengthen the protection of Nicholas Maduro, president of the country, reports Reuters news agency referring to its own sources close to mercenaries.
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The journalists recall the words of Yevhen Shabayev, leader of the local paramilitary group "Cossacks", associated with Russian mercenaries – according to him, their number in Venezuela could reach 400. However, other sources refer to groups more restricted.
The spokesman of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, told Reuters that he had no information about Russian military mercenaries in a country of Latin America.
According to Chabayev, the task of the mercenaries in Venezuela is to protect Maduro from the probable attempts of the representatives of
"Our people are here directly to protect it," quotes his news agency.
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] One of the interlocutors of the publication, close to the private military company Wagner, said, on anonymous terms, that mercenaries have arrived in the country ahead of the presidential elections from May 2018, but that another group has arrived "more recently". He also confirmed that this was related to Maduro's protection.
PKK Wagner is associated with Yevgeny Prigogine, a billionaire close to Putin.
Russia and Turkey expressed their support for Nicolas Maduro before the day
of 16 January. Venezuela has declared Maduro a usurper of power in the country. On January 23, the president of the National Assembly, Huang Guaido, declared himself acting president of Venezuela.
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On the evening of January 23, protests against Maduro supported the policies of the United States. European Union: Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Donald Tusk, President of the European Council.
On the eve of his support for opposition leader Juan Guaydo, said US President Donald Trump.
January 10, Nicolas Maduro Supplies Venezuelan President. The current presidential term is expected to last until 2025. He is Venezuelan president since the death of Hugo Chavez since 2013.
By 2018, Venezuela's economic situation continued to deteriorate: inflation in the country exceeded one millionth per year. In most cities, there is a shortage of goods for daily use, millions of people have emigrated from the country in search of work.
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