Bloomberg revealed the geography of the interests of the “Kremlin cook” Prigozhin in Africa: 10 countries!

Private military companies (PMCs) related to the St. Petersburg businessman Evgeny Prigozhin participated in military conflicts in the east of Ukraine, in Syria (PMC Wagner), and recently in the Central African Republic and Libya. And the “Internet research agency”, also known as the “Troll Factory”, according to the American special services, intervened in the last presidential election in the United States, for which Prigozhin got into the personal sanctions lists of the American Ministry of Justice.

On Tuesday November 11, Bloomberg business publication in her investigation clarified the geography of the interests of the owner of the Concord Catering Prigiron in Africa-it turned out to be wider than it could be imagined.

In addition to TsAS and Libya, African business interests Prigozhin extend to at least 8 states: Zimbabwe, Congo, Mozambique, Madagascar, Guinea, Guinea-Bisau, Angola and Sudan.

The publication reports that in these countries people working on Prigozhin advise influential political power (ruling or opposition), and in return agreed to a share in the extraction of natural resources.

The described scheme is similar to the one that the US Department of Finance spoke about in the Syrian context. According to the agency, the Evro Polis commercial company, allegedly related to Prigozhin, entered into a contract with the Syria government to protect oil fields and refineries in the territories repelled by ISIS militants (a terrorist organization banned in Russia - ed. ) In exchange for a share of 25% of future production.

The Bloomberg text says that against the backdrop of Prigozhin’s activity in Africa, official Russia was seriously increased in the region. Now it maintains contacts with at least 20 countries of the continent and in some of them it is no longer possible to clearly separate the interests of the “Kremlin cook” from the interests of the Kremlin.

What African wealth, according to the American publication, is interested in Evgeny Prigozhin?

Central African Republic (gold, diamonds)

The presence of “Wagner PMCs” in the country was spoke after the murder of three Russian journalists at the end of July. For the presence of “civilian military instructors” from Russia a year ago, the “new” paid attention to the country, and after that it turned out that the Lobaye Invest mining company was working in the country, which the media is also associated with Prigozhin: the full namesake of its head worked in the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the North-West Federal District, from where they hired employees in the Prigozhin security service.

Sudan (gold)

As the “new” wrote, along the way with the Tsars of Russians, in military uniforms, they began to notice in Sudan. Later, the M-Invest company opened its unit there, which is associated with Prigozhin in the media. If it is Lobaye Invest, then in Sudan it works under the name Meroe Gold, the Bell found out in the summer.

Democratic Republic of Congo (Uranus, Gold, Diamonds, Copper)

Prigozhin’s interests are also in the south of the continent - in the DRC, one of the richest of minerals of the world. Now the state is being prepared for the first presidential election (appointed on December 23) after Joseph Kabala, who has been the position of Joseph since 2001. Local media wrote about Russian intervention and Moscow’s decision to provide military equipment to ensure the safety of elections. According to Bloomberg, negotiations on the supply of weapons, retired general Valentin Nkuman Tavun Matangul, appointed by the ambassador, is responsible. The Russian Foreign Ministry called this “distorting the facts” and clarified that it was only about KAMAZ trucks.

Zimbabwe (platinum)

Political consultants of Prigozhin have already helped Emmerson Mnangagwe in August to win in the presidential election in Zimbabwe - the first after the removal of Robert Mugaba, who held about 30 years from the authorities. His opponents from the “Movement for Democratic Changes” accused the Russians of manipulations when counting the votes, but the ruling party denied all the charges.

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Madagascar (Vanilla, Nickel, Cobalt, Uranus)

In March, the Kremlin representative flew to the country for negotiations with the then President Eri Radzaunarimapian. Following him, Prigozhin political consultants also moved there - to help participants in the presidential races, the first round of which was held on November 7, and the second was appointed in mid -December. The interlocutors of the agency claim that Prigozhin people work with several candidates at once, while not specifying whether there was one of the two leaders of the first stage of voting among them.

Guinea (bauxite)

Russia also “responded to the request” of the current president of Alfa Conde to help him maintain power after the expiration of the term of office in 2020. How exactly there will be involved Prigozhin’s structures, Bloomberg does not specify, but recalls that the country is the largest supplier of aluminum ore-bauxite-for the “russal” Oleg Deripaska, “toxic” for partners because of the strict US sanctions.

Libya (oil)

Prigozhin through the Wagner PMC provides support for the army of Marshal Caliph Haftar in exchange for access to raw materials and, first of all, to oil, which Libya is very rich, writes Bloomberg.

In October, the British The Sun claimed that the military related to Prigozhin prepare the military Haftar, and also supply them with weapons, and in November the Novosti noticed Prigozhin along with the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu on an equalty for negotiations with the Haftar.

The Russian authorities denied any supplies of weapons to Libya, and Prigozhin at the official event explained by the fact that he was responsible for the dinner program.

According to Bloomberg, Prigogine's activity is growing on the continent-especially on the eve of the first Russia-Africa summit in 2019, which, according to Lavrov, will consolidate the “active presence of Russia in the region”. Despite a number of failures that Russia suffered there, especially in the South African Republic, where the head of state froze a multi -billion dollar project in the field of nuclear energy, the Kremlin does not stop its attempts to expand its influence.

Such attempts require a good background. In 2017, Russia forgave more $ 20 billion to African countries, and in this-issued Egypt to 25 billion loan for the construction of the first nuclear power plant, another argument in favor of its version recalls Bloomberg.