After Failed Mutiny in Russia, U.S. Sanctions Wagner Funders as Fighters Remain in Africa & Syria

After the Wagner Group’s aborted mutiny in Russia, the Biden administration has imposed new sanctions on companies accused of profiting from the activities of the Wagner Group in Africa. This comes as Russian military police raided Wagner mercenary bases in Syria. Meanwhile, in Belarus, where Wagner Group leader Prigozhin is now exiled, The New York Times is reporting on construction of a new military base for Wagner fighters given the option of relocating there after the failed uprising. We speak with political scientist Kimberly Marten, who has been studying the Wagner Group for years and says that despite recent events, Russia’s war in Ukraine and its presence in other countries is unlikely to be affected. “Wagner itself does not exist as an entity,” she says, describing it as a “contracting mechanism” for the Russian military and not truly independent from the government. “It would be really easy for the Kremlin to just put in place some other individual as the titular CEO of all these various companies.”
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[@shortscenes9338]

Lots of 'we know' from the tame professor. She didn't state any evidence, though. Also, I love the way she implied that the Syrians taking back their own property was somehow a crime. Regarding crime, she forgot to mention the American military presence in Syria facilitating the theft of Syrian oil.

[@Johnnycdrums]

Explain to me (with proof), how they get the oil out.

[@gabriel-gr4cv]

@@Johnnycdrums the same way they got it out of Iraq ...

[@rajesh_624]

​@@Johnnycdrumsi think trucks transport crude to Turkey.

[@Johnnycdrums]

@@gabriel-gr4cv Because you say it?

[@ianbardon8581]

She's a puppet

[@mirekslechta7161]

Is not it strange, that a lady living in USA knows exactly what Wagner was doing somewhere in Africa? Reminds me the time, when many people from USA knew that Nord Stream was blown up by Russia.... This is simply the slander as always !!!

[@doomslayer1984]

take your meds conspiracy nutter.

[@antonivanov3142]

She is reading the CIA/Wall St. teleprompter

[@doomslayer1984]

@@antonivanov3142 Funny considering how often Democracy Now interviews seems to bash the CIA😑

[@XRioteerXBoyX]

@@doomslayer1984 Tbf the C.I.A need to be bashed. They don't do any good, for the U.S. or other countries. They have been the instigators of terroristic activities, physically and economically, in dozens of countries since its inception.

[@alehandro9218]

What a bs she talking,trying pull owl over the globe. Id say she better focus what US military was doing in multiple military companies around the globe. It will be good expirience for her to go to CAR and ask ppl on d streets what they think about russians,or Sirians,or Iranians...

[@marykayryan7891]

Just curious. Why is the Wagner Group called "mercenaries" when Blackwater and other privatized military providers from the US are called "private military contractors." Don't get me wrong. I hate them both, but fair's fair.

[@marykayryan7891]

@@ivanhoewindsor4749 Not sure what "protecting our southern border" means, but all else rings true. I have no doubt that there are such professors, but they sure aren't going to get mainstream media coverage because if they did, we'd find out that an awful lot of what is going on "down there" is due to 80's U.S. interference. Better drug cartels than socialism.

[@winthazin2951]

​@@ivanhoewindsor4749❤❤😢

[@kanoleausi4204]

That's what is worldwide known as western hypocrisy!

[@tatokay4285]

Why is having relationships with the US and Russia "odd".... Sovereign countries like the UAE should have dealings with whomever they want. This lady has an imperialist mindset whether she's conscious of it or not.

[@КевинХалил666]

I agree

[@lobbomaude9924]

No UAE should not , they can't because doing such business is evil Why support a group or people to kill innocent people, and want to take other people Country

[@keithfernandez8965]

BELIEVE NOTHING what you hear ...and half of what you see !!

[@CLM2204]

But the TRUTH is COMING - U Can Bet on that And it ain’t gonna be pretty for the Liars … or the Killers It’s called Karma & those who are Guilty, will learn the hard way - THAT KARMA That’s OverDUE - is the CLUE 🤣

[@DJArmageddon]

@@CLM2204 research what is Written in your DNA coding, my friend? THAT is the "karma" which is coming.. 💯😉✌🏼

[@CLM2204]

@@DJArmageddon Treat OTHERS The way YOU Want to Be Treated and the Mirror is THE POINT🙌

[@pinkkennedy1615]

Believe nothing from BBC CNN.

[@alexanderdavis9636]

​@@pinkkennedy1615 CNN and BBC are all propaganda news.

[@sasha69Xurgelash]

Sanctions won't do anything if everyone is dumping the Dollar $ USD!

[@ericwong4213]

US froze HK governor bank account few years ago. He showed in public that he only had $200 in that account. Some politicians in China even went further to troll by opening $100 bank account in US then telling US gov to freeze it. They treated US gov as beggar.

[@doomslayer1984]

Except there is no real replacement to the US dollar. And anyone who thinks its that easy to replace a global currency doesn't know jack shit about how macro-economics works.

[@ashton1952]

Yes 😁

[@doomslayer1984]

@@ashton1952 The US dollar isn't going anywhere. Even if it were somehow not the major world currency it would still be a currency that is frequently used. Becuase if the Dollar were to outright collapse then that would result in an economic domino effect. Where by the US economically collapses. And with it the dozens of nations that rely on the US economy. People like you still don't seem to get how globalization works.

[@francineharris9473]

@@doomslayer1984 Really we’re see

[@truthseeker6541]

I'm more concerned about US and it's vassal states involvement in Africa than I am about Wagner group or Russia. The west is rich on keeping Africa poor.

[@rosariocannistraro3561]

Facts .

[@akechalfred3506]

Well said

[@minimalist279]

this thieving from others must be in the 'recessive genes'!

[@amosmunezero9958]

This shows how complicated geopolitics is and how much of a failure UN is!

[@mirygalas6508]

Especially the so called Security Council, where the most belligerent countries of the world lead.

[@ritarossi1805]

Poor. Biden....where are these american mercenary group? Halliburton..Bechtel...Fluor,..........intercom...american Security group.. Blackwater USA.....????

[@Ghredle]

The UN failure derives from then power and influence the US wields over the UN❤, (trying to avoid saying kidnapped)

[@NtokozoKaMalinga]

UN is doing exactly what it was designed to do..

[@oligreen1192]

It shows how GREAT And STRONG MOTHER RUSSIA is 👏 Well done

[@Jamski101]

Its easier to fool people than it is to convince them they've been fooled.

[@TheNoblot]

The Thinkpol use criminal psychology and omnipresent surveillance via informers, telescreens, cameras, and microphones, to monitor the citizens of Oceania and arrest all those who have committed thoughtcrime in challenge to the status quo authority of the Party and the regime of Big Brother. OCEANIA is USA & what they call allies of the brainwashed nation.!!!

[@3dagedesign]

Mark twain quote.

[@davidcrandall4958]

This is what has happened !

[@junman-on3yz]

Most Americans are fooled by their government but don’t even know it.

[@rebelmango2141]

​@@davidcrandall4958it's not just delusion and conspiracy thinking

[@mariadamen7886]

I stopped watching DN, you reminded me why I did so. The hypocricy, even from so-called intelligent experts, is astounding.

[@ianbardon8581]

Me too, it came up automatically 🙄

[@mikeklassic78]

Don't know when...but they've been compromised.

[@mackette54]

Gonna report AMERICA started war in 2014, didn't think so.

[@ybarekg9033]

1945 since 1945 usa and Europe have been involved in all the wars that has occurred believe or not they are all in it. Wicked and cancer of the humanity.

[@FactusNordus]

US PMC Blackwater or Academi boss was also deported by his biggest client. But he got a new job - escalating the chaos in Libia specifically making sure all the warlords had enough money and weaponry to keep fighting and the chaos going on while American companies steal Libia oil and other resources. according to a trusted source on this planet

[@rosreaviemore727]

The brother of Obama' education secretary owned Blackwater.

[@jackd1582]

Turns out the arrest news was utter bollocks

[@paulantonio740]

Amy was attracted to the story like a fly to ....

[@donnak.6185]

These women did not mention the US keep on stealing oil from Syria.

[@denisemiller9296]

The us doesn't have to steal anything from anyone.

[@yuripapa2353]

They think we are diaper-wearing kindergarten toddlers. The West wants a 100% control of all the crime on the planet and so they become restless when someone else takes a small bite

[@dindohamac6640]

How ignorant you are..the US gets the oil anywhere and they paid for it. They don't get oil for free..

[@maryannebertr6104]

They cherry-picking😂

[@Elisa-mg3rc]

It seems that Wagner is the sole source of evil in Africa, with nothing to do with 300 years of Western exploitation 🤔

[@kabuin]

It's important the USA understands that its sanctions are losing weight. Wagner will stay in Africa, they are competent in the fight against the terrorist groups created by africom.

[@rosariocannistraro3561]

Shhh!!! don't tell the western chauvanist's that they might get angry lol , The world always have to clean up the mess from whichever of our pet terrorist groups Na*zis/other fascists /Mujahadeen/ISIS/Al Queda /that we let loose this month .

[@diesenutss]

I'm curious as to how their rampant murder and raping of African civilians helps combat Africom but I'm sure that's just cuz my brain is too tiny.

[@williamanderson8932]

Yes 👍

[@doomslayer1984]

How come it African leaders who are the ones saying that? While African peoples in the conflict zones are saying Wagner is making things worse? I think Wagner has these politicians bought and paid for.

[@myeongcheolsin4552]

The Moscow Times newspaper is an EU media outlet in the Netherlands. He was expelled from Moscow due to false astrative astrations!

[@milangacik994]

Moscow Times is western garbage. It´s like expecting honesty from European Commision...

[@stevehurrell651]

Kimberly is: I am a faculty member and executive committee member of Columbia’s Harriman Institute for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies, and Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. I am also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.and have served on two bipartisan independent CFR task forces: on U.S. policy in the Arctic, and on cybersecurity and U.S. foreign policy. ie. a spokesperson for the madcaps.

[@medicuswashington9870]

The United States hegemon in 1947 decided to allow war ravaged Europe and European settler colonizers to rebuild on the back of Africa. The United States hegemons African Command soldiers are enforcing this policy implemented by United States diplomat George Kennan in 1947 at the present time. The Russian Wagner group enables African nations tochallenge this policy .

[@maryannebertr6104]

When they start showing rising "concern" about Africa know they bout to lose

[@billturner6564]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 The thing that's making me sorry for you most is now wagner is closing down no 1 will pay you anymore for making stupid comments 😅😅 Perhaps now you can get a job in a wagner gold mine 😅😅 Try out some of that Russia love 😅😅😅

[@Ghredle]

Currently nothing the US does in Africa is positive for the continent… every offer and meddling is a loosing proposition for Africa, no matter with country

[@NtokozoKaMalinga]

As an African in Africa, I share you perspective, 100%....

[@jamesstephen2571]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@padajsiloinepravdo6299]

How did he choose Prigo’s side in the coup? He literally made a video telling Prigozin to stand down😒

[@ketelin4285]

heh , don't try to argue logic with these ppl

[@tatianalyulkin410]

She's but a shill. She does what Sasha Soros tells her to.

[@Nikolay_Grigoryev]

He was probably questioned. As I am sure lots of people close to him were questioned. I doubt it was anything serious, probably like a debriefing. Only one officer in the Wagner group actually sided with Pregozin.

[@pindapoy1596]

@@Nikolay_Grigoryev Totally true. The Surovikin false news is the biggest lie ever published on this channel. It is a shame for people working on what has become a lies industry.

[@ligugumaenriquescosme7217]

P0llpp

[@epoch1981]

How does this expert not know that Wagner is to be dissolved and integrated into the regular forces? Funny how some Americans were cheering for the success of a much more hardline/violent/militarist faction to take over Russia, no wonder this place is falling apart.

[@robertmarley8852]

Violence ok in the free world except when it brown people taking back what is rightfully theirs

[@scruffopone3989]

"Funny how some Americans were cheering for the success" The funny thing is actually the amount of people complaining about Americans supposedly cheering Wagner on, far outnumber the actual people cheering on the coup from a moral support angle. The vast majority of people were more preoccupied by how funny it was.

[@cheri238]

These wars are not funny. That is a fact.❤ No more wars.

[@KanLuxiang]

That's what notorious liar Putin has said will happen. So forgive us for waiting to see that it actually takes place.

[@Nunyabizness321]

She knows but she’s not allowed to say it. Amerikkka’s obsession with Russia, China and anything that contrasts with western imperialism has to be enabled, not confronted.

[@genedebsfan]

Nothing better than a testimony from a member of the Council On Foreign Relations. Kinda left that off the resumé, Mz. MIC. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an American think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international relations. Founded in 1921, it is an independent and nonpartisan nonprofit organization. CFR is based in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, DC. Its membership has included senior politicians, numerous secretaries of state, CIA directors, bankers, lawyers, professors, corporate directors and CEOs, and senior media figures.

[@AA-ch7yw]

Kimberly Marten’s membership in the CFR is prominently listed on her curriculum vitae. It took me 15 seconds to find it.

[@genedebsfan]

@AA-ch7yw Well yeah! The media piece lauded those credentials and could've just tossed facts in. But how many people research where the propaganda spews forth? I'm sure not many. You're available to scold them, too. It's a living, isn't it Kimberly .

[@MinionG911]

It's counterpart or rather exact copy of in UK is Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA). All are evil organizations together with Trilateral and Bilderberg group

[@ikyhwh]

All of the western wars are about African resources 😕

[@ianbardon8581]

Same as Ukraine and Russia

[@doomslayer1984]

And you don't think that Russia is trying to gain a monopoly on global food supplies by invading Ukraine? Your either ignorant or a bot.

[@keithfernandez8965]

Remember this... That Chef.. is just no ordinary Chef... that Chef... is a BILLIONAIRE !!

[@johnmcquade329]

if it were up to me the only billionaires there would be, is nations economies, i can' under stand why ppl cannot do with 2 to 3000 a month instead 2 to 300000000 a year

[@keithfernandez8965]

@johnmcquade329 Well.....I think there's the GREAT SHIFT COMMING....And it's WORLD WIDE !! We will all have to make adjustments...like it or not !! Be Strong.....

[@Ghredle]

Sanctions against CAR biggest Gold Mine and cash revenues….another reason for Africa to distance the continent from US hegemony…😂

[@doomslayer1984]

Except there is no real replacement to the US dollar. And anyone who thinks its that easy to replace a global currency doesn't know jack shit about how macro-economics works.

[@smacdonald5142]

China is already moving into Africa. They will ignore the sanctions.

[@benjasukhalu5788]

So madam (Professor in Pol. Sc) is an 'Expert'😄. I believe a thesis based on expert's opinion would be released soon. As a matter of fact, the ongoing 'Killings & bloodsheds' ain't a kind of forecasting a day's horoscope. A mere theoretical analysis simply relying on individual's assumption don't necessarily aligned with as logical conclusion.

[@malayethos]

Y’all love demonizing academia this comment suits you so well

[@pinkkennedy1615]

Had 11 package's of Sanctions, because they have worked so well. In decimating the 😅West

[@notrueflagshere198]

"Uprising?" I thought Amy liked the word "insurrection" for this sort of thing.

[@joedirt9680]

Bugs Bunny still digging his wabbit hole.

[@shortscenes9338]

It wasn't even that. Only about a fifth of the Ukraine war Wagner troops were involved, and they were tricked into the march, anyway. They had no idea what was going on.

[@dawitdima-se4vj]

More like a downsitting. Just moved to Belarus

[@raulescandon4485]

Prigozhin is a surprisingly smart, talented criminal and pseudo Mafia boss who also runs a global computer hacking enterprise on top of his large catering business.

[@curtrice6060]

Thank you for being so informative. Not enough people are telling the truth 😃🤓🤔🤷🏽‍♀️.

[@KohalaLover]

Why wouldn’t Prigozhin flee to a non-Putin controlled country?

[@mirygalas6508]

@@KohalaLover Probably he won't be able to do such a thing. He's marked for life, whatever life length he may have.

[@davidfigueroa6639]

00 U

[@davidfigueroa6639]

5u you

[@barquerojuancarlos7253]

The activity of the Wagner Group in Africa, if true, is but a drop in the bucket of the exploitation of Africa: "The Looting Machine: warlords, oligarchs, corporations, smugglers and the theft of Africa’s wealth" (2014) by Tom Burgis; "King Leopold Ghost" (2000) by Adam Hochschild; "Cobalt Red: how the blood of the Congo powers our lives" by Siddharth Kina

[@Elisa-mg3rc]

That is a very good point. Also, the US has a much more significant and toxic military presence in Africa.

[@christopherchikumbi3916]

You don't understand, it is these little foxes that do a lot of damage to Africa: they must be removed from our continent. Evil from the east is just as bad as that from the West!

[@alexanderl.diallo5508]

Rectification. Adam Rothschild.

[@SolntsaSvet]

6:50 -> Not because he (Prigozhin) has some economic talents, business talents, and he did this on his own, but because of the client patron relationship to Putin". Right, unlike the profoundly democratic West where billionaires get rich because of their talents&hard work and they are all known to be 100% self-made and never ever dependent or reliant on government assistance of any sort! Good job, Kimberly👍👏🤝

[@studio-flash]

You are saying that tongue in cheek obviously, the US are the biggest crooks in the world why do you think they’re in Ukraine?

[@Elisa-mg3rc]

Very good point

[@antonivanov3142]

How dare u?! Hunter is self made, just as Trudeau Jr.!

[@Jonathan.Wishbone1987]

The very only question I asked myself is the very first question the news lady asked; why WOULD the US section Wagner after the attempted 'coup' and the answer was 'the US often uses sanctions'.. did I miss the answer to the question?

[@krumba100]

We have seen how effective sanctions are.

[@zainiabdullah621]

The sanction is very effective that it soon will bankrupt the EU. Thank you USA

[@mirekslechta7161]

Is not it strange, that a lady living in USA knows exactly what Wagner was doing somewhere in Africa? Reminds me the time, when many people from USA knew that Nord Stream was blown up by Russia.... This is simply the slander as always !!!

[@riversidegardenradio9070]

Ukraine's losses per day: 670 military personnel; 2 tanks; 7 armored combat vehicles; 8 cars; 5 pickups; 2 D-20 howitzers; 2 D-30 howitzers; 2 howitzers "Msta-B"; 1 self-propelled artillery Krab Polish production; 1 Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle; 1 Acacia self-propelled artillery unit; The point of temporary deployment of the command staff of the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit. The command and observation posts of the battalions of the 63rd Mechanized and 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit. The warehouse of missiles and ammunition of the 47th Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed. Three Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles and six HIMARS multiple rocket launchers were intercepted. Eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed. All NATO weapons will be destroyed.

[@SN-ym8vm]

Russia total military losses over 200 000 soldiers, armed mutiny last weekend. I would put all my money on Ukraine instead of Russia xD

[@jennyfromtheblock.7153]

Don’t forget… 1. someone knocked over a bottle of water. 2. A drone hit a bird. 3. They destroyed 500 HIMARS today, don’t forget your daily reminder about the destruction of HIMARS!! Pathetic.

[@JupiterWisdom1111]

​@SN-ym8vm Lol... sounds more like Ukraine's losses!

[@kpakaify]

❤️❤️🇷🇺🇷🇺❤️❤️

[@fractalign]

Once again by not acting swiftly and decisively on Wagner, Putin has exposed himself as being completely weak and a global laughing stock.

[@theangrycanuck8331]

Whats swift to you? The coup ended in less than 12 hours

[@eagleeyes-vh5gz]

This is like the kettle calling the pot black.

[@solidhg2005]

Not a word about what the collective west has done for centuries and still doing in Africa.

[@ubermind-tim]

Good to hear that Russia is very enterprising and so resourceful.

[@fjordhellas4077]

So when I listen about the atrocities committed by the bloody Wagner group and the Russian army, it reminds me of the US military atrocities in Irak, such as the horrors committed in Abugraib…

[@nicolem889]

Yes that's factual. And Americans have the nerve to make Hollywood movies of blowing up Iraq and painting the people as stereotypes.

[@isn0t42]

According to Brandon, that was Putin, too.

[@pindapoy1596]

@fjordhellas4077 You may be too young to remember MyLay in Vietnam.

[@DavidAntunes-rm7dq]

It's ok when the U.S. does it.👏😊

[@malayethos]

@@DavidAntunes-rm7dqtell me you’re a Wagner troll without telling me 😂

[@rival9203]

"It is unclear", "we don't know at this point", "maybe", "we believe" ... Thanks you "professor"

[@d8f1ant75]

ask Putler about Chernobyl??? The Chernobyl explosion happened on April 26, 1986 - five days before the May Day parade. But Moscow had remained silent, refusing to admit anything had occurred until the radioactive cloud from Chernobyl was detected in Scandinavia on April 28, making it impossible to hide the catastrophe any longer. Even after the Kremlin was forced to acknowledge an incident at its nuclear plant, it grossly downplayed the issue. Now, 37 years later, Russia is still keeping its citizens in the dark - this time, about the true picture of its war in Ukraine.

[@quinnard9750]

cry about it cry😂😂

[@kpakaify]

Wait for another nuclear disaster in europe. This time made by elensky and his masters

[@ianbardon8581]

And USA citizen s are so well informed, yeah right 🙄

[@goldmine4955]

Kimberly Marteen: We, in Russia we don’t have… ? We…?

[@denkeylee]

Prigozhin and the Wagner group was stoping US citizens from voting. WT heck

[@ianbardon8581]

Lol, utter BS

[@manuellubian5709]

I don't watch your channel very much. However, I must say that your first question has got to be one of the BEST questions I've ever heard you, ask anyone. From a personal edification standpoint I wish someone from MSM would have asked the same question or tried to educate the public the way Dr. Marten did regarding Wagner. Great interview.

[@whoseturnisit9733]

Just because Wagner went against Moscow, does not mean they are a friend of the Weat. Wagner could be worse than Putin. They employ the sickest of people. Putin used to deny ‘owning them’ incase he was blamed legally for their murderous acts. Yet now he has said he controlled them, so he just admitted to. Even more war crimes. Prighozin as he was heading to Moscow was saying two things, one was that Russia lied about reason to invade Ukraine, and lies about Nazism etc, however he then said also that he wanted better weapons to blow Ukraine up. Prighozin is evil, Putin is evil, neither are friends to west.

[@nickinurse6433]

There is no news network called MSM. That's just what fox viewers incorrectly call MSN.

[@mirekslechta7161]

Is not it strange, that a lady living in USA knows exactly what Wagner was doing somewhere in Africa? Reminds me the time, when many people from USA knew that Nord Stream was blown up by Russia.... This is simply the slander as always !!!

[@dorotazapolnik234]

@@mirekslechta7161 Do you find funny as well that 21 century humans know so much about Neanderthals. Only 2 year olds have to touch and lick to learn and absorb info .

[@discoverneweyes]

@@mirekslechta7161 Yada Yadpluker, pants on fire? much!

[@gerthie]

Look after your own country usa

[@1J_R]

with channels like this one i have to think of the opposite of whatever they're telling me to come to some truth in my own head. hence rule # 1. Rule #1 the truth is always the opposite of what the gov and MSM lackies tell me.

[@happyfuture6515]

Ok, let's make it simple: Wagner's armaments are made in Russia! Prigozhin has to explain to Putin what he is making of the armaments he gets! Prigozhin was complaining he was not getting enough armaments but he finally took Bakmuth! And he yelded the occupation to the regular Russians! So where is the issue with Wagner and Putin?

[@ashton1952]

prigozhin went rogue

[@koonsiang0345]

Pretty soon there is going to be zillions of companies and individuals in that sanction list. 😊

[@thulomanchay]

Easy for the CIA to recruit assets. The number of potentials are increasing every year. A sanctioned person can get off when they agree to be an informer. Elementary police work.

[@jafalibazo5714]

In Africa we love the God sent V.Putin

[@davidreynoso8593]

? Killing Civilians BEWARE PUTIN

[@BrangoDrango]

You russian bots in the comments are too easy to spot nowadays. Gotta get better at english

[@philjameson292]

I think that you mean "have to become better at writing English"

[@bryanquintanilla938]

Since these stories have been featured in Democracy Now, it’s been incredibly noticeable! Glad you’ve called it out.

[@joedirt9680]

@@philjameson292 We are not English majors here. This is International Relations (I.R.) baby! 😉😎

[@philjameson292]

@@joedirt9680 sorry, it's just the pedant in me 😯

[@cheri238]

🙏

[@miclewis55]

This history of Wagner PMC would have been better if it were not sprinkled with so much blatant Russophobia .

[@randy2819]

once a superpower has built a militarybase in your country, it will never leave, before you know they have hundreds bases everywhere...

[@theseustoo]

When their empire becomes so totally corrupt (and it will!) that it collapses at the centre, they will pull out of their peripheral colonies and leave them to fend for themselves... Eventually, the Romans left Britain for precisely this reason. I reckon it won't take long before the USA has to pull in its horns, too.

[@henryashmeal8724]

African people must unite against all foreign power, no matter who it is

[@williamanderson8932]

Against USA and Europe but russian and Chinese they are you're real friends 👍

[@tailfirst]

There was no mutiny or uprising - it was a PROTEST.

[@Olcool]

Sanctioning a mine is useless. The gold can be re-melted and re-molded and noone will ever know where the gold came from.

[@wycliffew.woduor1748]

The Wagner Group actually moderates the intensity of regime changes that USA could orchestrate in Africa. To that extent it is a God send that denies the collective West free reign.

[@scruffopone3989]

What a wild coincidence that Wagner operates under the support of ethnonationalist mass murdering dictators every time.

[@teeldd]

But these mzungus need Africa to be the scapegoat of their psychological projection

[@rosariocannistraro3561]

Western imperialists will never care about that bro , They see 85 percent of the world outside of their little white bubble as sub humans who only exist to be cheap resources/labor and be target practice for their violent fantasies and they get big mad when anyone gets in the way of that .

[@michaelrohandodds1850]

The west so upsess with africa? Have they ask the african who they prefered ? How could you even mention Russia profiting from africa when you have been and still graping Africa for decades up to now?

[@terrybrownbill2175]

You can see the evil etched into his face. A brute who will hopefully meet a brutal end.

[@ianbardon8581]

You mean Fauci !

[@bullvinetheband7260]

I find the lack of strategic oversight to be disturbing if you can place sanctions on a military branch why not do it to begin with?

[@ann3856]

Russia did not interfere with any elections. ???

[@diesenutss]

Wagner has been sanctioned for years. These sanctions were on new companies that they've been using recently to fence and sell resources.

[@stonecrowbar8914]

She was definitely describing the CIA.

[@stevehurrell651]

Amazing tDN hasn't had Scott Ritter, Col McGregor, or Ray McGuvern to give their take on the debacle and the wider USA madcaps

[@whoseturnisit9733]

You mean Russian shills? The ones who totally deny that their adopted country that makes them well ever commit war crimes. They would say Russia is so innocent while kids are raped behind them.

[@diesenutss]

Why would they interview a convicted pedophile?

[@dimbwemazala8978]

Point Number 1: African countries are sovereign. They reserve the right to deal with whoever they want. The countries in the Sahel, in particular, have been looted by France for almost 100 years, and want nothing to do with the West. Why not leave them alone?

[@dansmith8493]

Amy could safely go to ruskiland and get awesome interviews. I'd actually watch dn again...

[@whoseturnisit9733]

If she is strong enough to call out their lies., yes it would be interesting. However have a feeling she will just nod and agree.

[@mariadamen7886]

Not a fan of her, but the moment she tries to be eutral uneducated americans start calling her a Putin puppet. You're being ludicrous,

[@geroutathat]

During the "Mutiny" russia didnt black out the media, turn off the internet or anything. When the USA was hunting the boston bomber they totally blacked out the whole of Boston. Tell me which is the land of the free again?

[@charlotteburns7143]

What happened to the good ol days when she had people like DarJamal and Aaron Glantz on her show who spent time in the war zones and reported on the lies from the main stream media. Why doesn't she interview Patrick Lancaster. He'd tell her what was really going on in the Ukraine.

[@Johnnycdrums]

Maria Zakharova is the best.

[@Hurlewupp]

🌹 👍 👍 thank you for your work!!

[@domfel2123]

San Marino, the Vatican, Linchestein, you can not Sanction

[@Elisa-mg3rc]

Surovikin did not support the insurrection and is not under arrest. Try to put the facts a bit straight before reporting, otherwise, this is just gossiping.

[@jamespardue3055]

Brilliant reporting and analysis, Amy and Kimberly just serve the info up straight, no chaser. Thanks PBS.

[@Elisa-mg3rc]

Not a word about the current US occupation of the Syrian oil fields?

[@rosariocannistraro3561]

Those are brown people so its ok , You can't expect a western chauvinist /imperialist to cry hysterically over Syria/Iraq/Afghanistan/Yemen/Libya/Honduras/Venezuela and all of the damage we did/do like they do Ukraine do you ? .Like Charlie D'Agata famously said on CBS news "blonde hair and blue eyed "

[@4rmDEC2FRE]

Hopefully black ppl are leveraging these relationships to better our standing.

[@Birthday92sex]

First we need to get rid of France and other foreign influences who destabilize and stiffle our growth. Then we need to build our security meaning having a strong and competent army to protect whatever economies we want to build later on. Without an army all progress we make will be lost again.

[@robertmarley8852]

Black people will continue to suffer unless they separate from massa

[@teeldd]

What is this noise?

[@xplosiv3930]

@@teeldd bot malfunction

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

Corporations will have corporate armies soon, sorry I meant companies will have corporate security forces. It depends how they are classified. 😂

[@elizabethellis9062]

Would you trust Putin to just go and sit where he can just come get you?

[@cormackcormack4991]

100% trust Putin then the war monger in the US

[@doniehurley9396]

More likely he has a job for him in Belarus, That is to make sure that when Lukanshinko gets his next turn nobody unfriendly to Russia gets their hands on the levers of power and keeps it nicely in the Russian Sphere of influence

[@davidhamilton6363]

Look at the assassinations that the USA carries out

[@ianbardon8581]

A little punctuation required, 🙄

[@ArikIkirA]

Lmao the Moscow times as source

[@ndwandwewasendwedwe7964]

If the Wagner remains in Africa it's non of US & EU's business

[@doomslayer1984]

If they are designated a terrorist group then yes it is. Pray they US doesn't go the route of some of the EU countries who have already labeled Wagner a terrorist outfit.

[@ndwandwewasendwedwe7964]

@@doomslayer1984 After mercilessly murdering Iraqis who labelled Blackwaters a terrorist group? You Westerners think the world takes you seriously, that train has long passed we now see lunatics everytime you talk

[@myourob]

Debunked

[@dmitryk754]

Wow, so many truths stated that I suspect many listeners might have likely missed.. Wagner being part of Russia military. Geopolitical fight in Syria. Just wow! Propound individual with real knowledge not the usual bs.

[@marcosmith2501]

/S

[@studio-flash]

Your joking obviously 😂

[@dmitryk754]

@@studio-flash not really. I think not many are aware that the involvement in Syria was mostly to counteract Irans influence and that Wagner is most likely part of GRU rather than a PMC in a western sense.

[@wamu3985]

She really just gave a detailed list of WHAT MOST P.CM's do around the 🌎 Russian, American, European, Isreali and other countries PMC's all have dirty, filthy hands as well 🤔🤔🤔

[@curtrice6060]

Isn’t the truth informative ? 🤑🤡🤩👩🏻‍💻😡

[@s.d.h.3t981]

What happen to Mozart US mercenary group in Ukra-Nazis?

[@jayshko]

The professor talks more straight truths and common sense than anyone analyzing this issue. Bravo!

[@james-pierre7634]

Amazing how so many “experts “ come out of the woodwork giving us all the correct answers. When in fact they don’t have a clue what is going on. Let’s get back to them in 3-6 months is hear what they have to say or not say. There is never any follow up or accountability for what they say. In other words don’t believe what you read or hear al’a the pandemic.

[@dchappy6985]

Yes, please explain this mess.

[@jackd1582]

Impossible

[@knowlesnate]

The enemy of my enemy is also my enemy.

[@peacegrace156]

The saying is :”the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

[@rodgano2780]

Sanctions haven't hurt Russia whatsoever.

[@rexallen5193]

I love you people, glad to find you on U tube! Keep it up😊

[@antonyrudiger907]

In Russia, what happened is assessed as no longer even surrealism, but some kind of Oscar film award. "Attack of clones" on the base of PMC "Wagner". "Invasion" in Rostov. "Enemy at the Gates" of Moscow. "Captain Russia" addresses the people with an emergency message. "Lukah. Let the savior come." "The Blizzard and Other Incredible Adventures of the Mustache". "Captain Russia. Episode 2". "Vovchik's Nine Friends". "Lukah 2. Unstoppable." The "Financier" deals with the financing of PMCs. "The miraculous destruction of saboteurs" by the special forces "Akhmat" near Belgorod. "In search of Armageddon" etc.

[@pohsm1445]

What's so moral about US sanctions? Does the US have any moral or ethical authority to sanction anyone?

[@MrAlexGolovin]

Who is America to tell Russia if they can or cannot trade gold. Unbelievable how crazy America has become.

[@rosariocannistraro3561]

But truthfully its always been this way , But with social media its all said/done out in the open now .Its not like Korea/Vietnam days when they could hide most of it .

[@doomslayer1984]

Unbelievable how whiny you bots have become.

[@ianbardon8581]

It sounds like Wagner group have learned a hell of a lot from USA.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Great reporting. Information rather than implications based on speculation.

[@anthonybalinga4472]

This is essentially propaganda.I am African and the reality is the opposite of what is said here.Western forces have for decades carried out exactly what Wagner is being accused of here and these ‘journalists’ choose to ignore that fact and instead project on Wagner.

[@jackd1582]

Oh oi aye

[@mirekslechta7161]

Is not it strange, that a lady living in USA knows exactly what Wagner was doing somewhere in Africa? Reminds me the time, when many people from USA knew that Nord Stream was blown up by Russia.... This is simply the slander as always !!!

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

@@mirekslechta7161 should I doubt you because you're not from the US? The Nord stream pipeline was fairly wild speculation. Almost any country could have done that, though I'd put Russia near the bottom of the expected (capable) countries. The Wagner acts in African countries is pretty well documented, though.

[@mirekslechta7161]

@@TragoudistrosMPH No matter what is "documented" in USA, Russia is loved by Africa. Think about that. :)

[@kailashbedi3404]

Ms Marten is well informed IN THE MAIN but honestly, some of what she says is either wishful thinking or plainly conjecture! What a shame.

[@chinua000]

So refreshng to have such brilliant commentary, Im so impressed by Kimberly Marten.

[@goldenaye3]

Question is are they going to go to Africa, Saudi Arabia or Russia to sanction this companies, the world does not trade in dollars anymore

[@doomslayer1984]

Except there is no real replacement to the US dollar. And anyone who thinks its that easy to replace a global currency doesn't know jack shit about how macro-economics works.

[@jo-annerichardson34]

Thank you DN for the straight forward headlines daily and your excellent in depth reports of issues after.

[@Olcool]

So a general should be seen on TV like a TV presenter otherwise he is now in prison. What a dead wish.

[@scruffopone3989]

If Russia bothered to spend the money they do on Russian bot posters, on actually arming and feeding their own troops they might not have to rely on fascist mercenaries to fight all of their battles.

[@McFraneth]

Prig had contracts to feed the Russian army. And who are the Russian bot posters? I've been called a Kremlin bot tons. Badge of honour.

[@peterhixon371]

Innate contradiction in terms, mercenary groups do not save money over poor benighted conscripts or regular soldiers. They do absolve, to a certain degree, the blame for atrocities falling upon their employers and this equally applies to America

[@netiturtle]

@@McFraneth You might be a free useful fool, but Glavset is not a secret, for long time

[@slimjimnyc270]

@scruffopone3989. Prigozhin's business includes the following: PMC Wagner; providing food to the military; and Russian News Sites/ Bot farms.

[@rosariocannistraro3561]

Maybe stop being McCarthyite trash and sounding like a right wing loon who crawled out of the John Birch Society ?,Thinking everyone is a"Russian" bot and acting like a smarmy little bigot is childish cult like behaviour .

[@mercurial382]

Who hasn't got US sanctions on them? That'd be a better question.

[@brou1416]

The white men have been stilling from Africa since 1960 all over the continent and stop your hypocritical analysis

[@dianahill5116]

White men have been stealing what ever they could, for thousands of years.

[@rosariocannistraro3561]

Hell more like 1760 , Western imperialists/chauvanist's never shake the colonial we own the world mindset . Its basically a hateful white supremacist death cult .

[@rosariocannistraro3561]

They've done the same in the M.E./Lat. America and Asia too for decades and decades and decades , They see 85 percent of the world as sub humans that only exist as cheap/free natural resources /labor and target practice dummies for their violent rage .

[@doomslayer1984]

Yet here you are allowing white men from Russia to come in and essentially dictate how your militaries should be run. ironic no?

[@rikky702]

This is a Rusophobic proper gander.

[@WatchingDemocracyDie]

WTG, Democracy Now. You have a clear, no BS picture of the Russian Ukrainian conflict without pundits parroting the opportunists talking points from the Kremlin to Capitol Hill. Thank you for calling a straight game. This voter needs facts to play my part in our theoretical democracy.

[@anthonycapitan5802]

Lol, yeah, very clear view. The obvious plan from the Kremlin to station Wagner troops in Belarus was a "mutiny." And the general who publicly denounced Prigozhin as carrying out a military coup as the plan was underway was secretly taking the side of Wagner.

[@jeremywatts8134]

Oh really? Answer me this- who started the military coups in Sudan? OBAMA. Amy won’t report that. This is Obamas CIA. Wake up.

[@sherlenebrowne3308]

Crystal clear..we say mouth open and the story jumps out..

[@deeppurple883]

Let Africa stop wagner by refusing to let them travel in their airspace. ✌️☘️

[@brou1416]

What is new here is a question: Why the USA active now after the failure of the coup? Is the USA involved?

[@user-no9ne7bv3l]

Of course but they scared cuz it's too close to nation Allie

[@james-pierre7634]

It was not a mutiny by any stretch. Stops saying such nonsense.

[@xplosiv3930]

cope more

[@james-pierre7634]

@@xplosiv3930 Beg your pardon!

[@JupiterWisdom1111]

I think it's wishful thinking 😅

[@james-pierre7634]

@@xplosiv3930 Beg your pardon!

[@jasonnoel3813]

Wonderful reporting keep it up!