Moscow (EFE).– The head of Wagner, Yevgueni Prigozhin, has registered a company in Belarus, where the mercenaries of the Russian group Wagner moved after their failed armed rebellion against the Kremlin last June.
According to the state register of legal entities of Belarus, Prigozhin registered the company Concord Management and Consulting, the Reform.by portal reported today.
The company was registered in the Moguiliov region, bordering Russia and where the new base of Wagner’s troops is located.
The source specifies that, judging by the details of the registration formalized this week, the new company will be dedicated to real estate management.
Prigozhin’s Concord group, which made its fortune in the world of restoration by signing succulent contracts with the Ministry of Defense, includes different businesses.
Under the agreement that put an end to the uprising of June 23-24, Prigozhin agreed to move to Belarus, while the mercenaries had two options: return home, accompany him or subordinate to the Ministry of Defense.
After several weeks of uncertainty, on July 14 the Belarusian Ministry of Defense announced the arrival of the first Wagner columns.
This week, on July 19, Prigozhin posted a video from Belarus welcoming the mercenaries, assuring them that they will return to Africa, although he did not rule out a future return to the battlefield in Ukraine.
During their stay, the Russian mercenaries will make the Belarusian Army the “second in the world,” Prigozhin predicted, and “if necessary and necessary, we will come out in their defense,” he added.
The next day, the Belarusian Armed Forces reported joint training with the Wagnerites on the border with Poland, which immediately announced the dispatch of two military units to the area.
In total, there are now a few thousand mercenaries in the former Soviet republic, although Wagner estimates that that number will soon reach 10,000.
Wagner maintains that there are currently 25,000 mercenaries “alive and healthy”, to which are added the wounded who are recovering.