DISINFO: Claims of Russian companies destabilising Libya are merely rumours
SUMMARY
It is said that some Russian military companies are destabilizing the situation in Libya. […] These are all rumours and should be dealt with as such.
RESPONSE
A recurring disinformation narrative regarding Russian presence in Libya.
A private army linked to the Kremlin has been fighting on the front lines of the Libyan war for nearly three months.
The Russian firm Wagner Group is a shadowy mercenary outfit waging secret wars on the Kremlin’s behalf from Ukraine to Syria to the Central African Republic. The Wagner group members are mostly ex-service personnel, fought clandestinely in support of Russian forces in Syria and Ukraine, according to Reuters interviews with dozens of contractors, their friends and relatives.
This is also a recurrent pro-Kremlin narrative that Russian ground troops are not active in Libya or Syria, while there is a wide spectrum of sources disproving this claim.
To know more about the disinformation message regarding the Wagner group, check our report on a Russian attempt to hide all the pieces of evidence.