President Putin says Russia has nothing to do with military contractors in Mali, but stresses the African country has the right to work with private Russian firms
Putin says there were no complaints from Mali over the Russian military contractors' activity in the African country.
Putin said there were no complaints from Mali over the Russian military contractors' activity in the country. Macron, asked about an assertion from Putin that the Kremlin has nothing to do with Russian military contractors in Mali, said: "The president's answer was clear." Reports of Wagner's existence emerged at the beginning of the war in Ukraine, which was sparked in 2014 and spurred allegations the Kremlin was backing a separatist insurrection in the east of the country.
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