Russian officials appoint Gen. Andrey Averyanov, head of covert operations for Russian military intelligence, to run the Wagner Group.
British intelligence sources who thought Prigozhin’s “days were numbered” before he was killed in a plane crash, and there was “a lot of discussion” in the intelligence community that Averyanov might be the man doing the numbering.
Russian Main Intelligence Directorate Deputy Director Andrey Averyanov attends a bilateral meeting, on July 29, 2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. An infographic titled “Russian paramilitary group Wagner” shows the mercenaries continue to have a significant presence in Middle East and Africa. two British intelligence sources who said Averyanov had a “long-standing hostile relationship” with Prigozhin and was leading an operation to replace Wagner’s mercenaries in Africa with some 20,000 Russian military personnel. Ukrainian intelligence is reportedly investigating if Averyanov played a role in sabotaging Prigozhin’s plane.
European security officials worried about the “risk” that Prigozhin loyalists within Wagner would violently resist a Russian government takeover, or take their anger out on the locals with “more violence against civilians.”
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