Hifter and the Russian lead hack .. Will he turn against him?

While General Dmitry Otiken is considered the actual leader of Wagner and one of the warlords who have been sanctioned by the United States for his leadership of illegal armed groups in Ukraine, the name Wagner had begun to hesitate after participating in the fighting with the Syrian regime, but its actions in the Arab region emerged at the beginning of the year 2017 in Libya.

Episode (15/6/202020) of the program "For the Story of the Rest" traced the emergence of the Wagner Company in Libya, and its role in the fighting alongside the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Hifter against the forces of the legitimate government of Al-Wefaq in Tripoli, and "Wagner" participated for the first time in the Sirte Libyan battles Haftar's forces made it possible to control the city.

But it seems that Wagner Company was not only representing itself in Libya, but was also a cover for the Russian military presence on Libyan soil, where reports revealed to the British newspaper "The Sun" about the presence of Russian military bases in several Libyan cities, such as Tobruk and Benghazi under the cover of the company, This irritated the British House of Commons, which called for immediate action and a halt to the Russian expansion in Libya.

In late 2018, Haftar appeared in a meeting with the Russian Minister of Defense, and it was notable at the meeting that Wogener's founder Progenzion, also known as "Chef of President Vladimir Putin" in civilian clothes, appeared in a meeting filled with military ranks, which confirmed the leaks coming from Libya with the activity of Wagner Company there .

It is noteworthy that Progression was included in the US sanctions list for allegedly tampering with the recent US presidential elections, and for his suspicious business relationship with the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The report of the experts on international sanctions imposed on Libya documented the flights of Russian planes to Libya to transport arms and mercenaries belonging to Haftar, which was confirmed by Reuters through a report mentioning the nature of illegal operations carried out by Wagner in Libya.

A Russian survey magazine revealed that Russia until the end of 2018 was promoting Haftar as president of Libya, but the latter's failure to control Tripoli forced the Russians to reassess the situation, and that Russia sees his American citizenship as an obstacle to it, in addition to the worsening of his health due to his injury With cancer, just as the military setbacks that Haftar suffered recently in front of the reconciliation government and his withdrawal from many cities made Moscow reconsider its betting on him to be its man in Libya.

In the context of changing the Russian position toward Haftar, he referred to "the story is a remnant" to documents confirming that Putin's chef had supported the Libyan channel broadcasting from Egypt to promote Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi as an alternative to Haftar, in addition to the existence of coordination with the Sudanese side to invade the areas controlled by Haftar to get rid of when The need arises, and this agreement was reached with Mohamed Hamdan Hamidati, Vice-Chairman of the Sudanese Military Council.

It is noteworthy that the SLA and the Chadian opposition militants were among the mercenary groups that fought alongside Haftar, and the Libyan scene, Eric Ins, founder of Blackwater Group, was not absent from the scene, who was confirmed by press reports that he supported Haftar on behalf of the Emirates.

But military expert Alex Cassidieres stressed in a speech to the "The Story of the Rest" program that the news that talks about the role of the UAE and Saudi Arabia in supporting Haftar by paying money to Wagner is not supported by evidence despite his reference to the two countries' public announcement of their retired brigade.