Following up on..
I've long held suspicions about any and all claims made regarding Wagner Mercenaries. Considering the connectivity.. and the alleged association with the composer Wagner and the Nazi's - Almost an association of Nazis and Putin. Through memes. Mind Viruses. The narrative has always struck me as being very likely disinfo. Can't say for sure, of course, but it's questionable.
Russian court convicts expert for ‘treason’ for giving German firm info about mercenary groups
A Russian court on Thursday jailed a Russian think-tank expert specialising in military affairs to seven years for treason. He was convicted for selling secrets about mercenary groups to a German consulting firm.
Vladimir Neyelov was arrested in 2018. He had admitted to selling information about how the Federal Security Service trains its staff, the court said, adding however, that he did not consider the data classified.
The trial was held behind closed doors. The court did not name the German company.
Prior to his arrest, Neyelov had written about private military contractors and worked for two think tanks. He was often quoted in the media speaking about the Vagner security group, which has sent mercenaries to Ukraine, Syria, Libya, and other countries.
The United States has recently accused Russia for using private military contractors in Libya to conceal its role in the war. Moscow, however, said that any Russian mercenaries there do not represent the Russian state’s interests.
In recent years, Moscow has charged with treason several Russian experts, scientists and academics.
I've repeatedly stated that the idea of "Russian mercenaries" fighting alongside Haftar was quite possibly disinfo.. That didn't stop MoA and others (Canthama and ilk) spreading it around without question.