26 August at the base in Molkino in the Krasnodar Territory was restless: the squad was alerted. The military spoke, that they have a state of emergency. The locals spoke, that there are exercises. At about ten in the morning, a column of military equipment moved from the base towards Novorossiysk. We were unable to obtain official comments from the personnel on the spot.. Right here, near Krasnodar, on the Molkino farm, the Wagner private military company is supposedly located. Officially, PMCs do not exist in Russia, Mercenary prohibited. At the same time, companies, type Moran Security Group, RSB-Group work, have their own websites, post recruitment ads. they say, that are engaged exclusively in the protection and escort of important cargo and strategic facilities.
Parakrama Dissanayake, official representative of Moran Security Group in Sri Lanka: “Not sure, have you heard of anti-piracy operations, that, basically, directed against Somali pirates. So, for the most part, we ensure the safety of Russian ships in the high-risk zone.. for example, on the way from the Indian Ocean to the Gulf of Oman or the Gulf of Aden, or in the direction of Egypt, Dubai and other places. Basically, Moran provides security specifically for Russian ships”.
article “mercenary” rarely used in Russia. Former Moran Security Group employees Evgeny Sidorov and Viktor Gusev 2015 year were convicted and had to serve about 3 years. According to RBC, having worked at Moran Security Group as a manager and human resources specialist, Sidorov and Gusev decided to create their own mini-military company “Slavic housing”. AT 2013 they scored 267 fighters and allegedly went to guard an oil pipeline and a warehouse in eastern Syria. On the spot, everything turned out differently.: they were sent to the front, squad came under attack, at 2013 “Slavic housing” urgently returned to Moscow by two planes. How many fighters survived - unknown. According to a former Moran Security Group employee, Sidorov and Gusev have already served their sentence and were released.
Oleg Krynytsыn, head of PMC “RSB Group”: “Our people are quite patriotic, and when guys contact us, former military, then the question of money is in the background for them. They indicate, they write, they call, they talk about, that we would like to continue to serve Russia, that is, we have great combat experience, we would like to continue to be useful to this country. But, Unfortunately, as a result of the thoughtless policy of the previous Minister of Defense Serdyukov, there are a lot of officers and ensigns, professionals left on the street without work, and they do not find themselves in our society, and they want to keep doing that job, what can they do. And so yes, a lot of people, who are patriotic”.
