Former colleagues commander PMC Wagner considered unfounded attacks on him

The Russian media animatedly discussed the statement of Russian President's press secretary Dmitry Peskov on, that at a reception in the Kremlin on the occasion of the Heroes of the Fatherland Day visited Dmitri Utkin – PMC commander Wagner.

So, “Kommersant FM” and I found one of the former leaders of Utkin, when he worked for the company Moran Security Group, which is engaged in a variety of security services, including escort ships, pipeline protection, release of hostages. All attacks on byshego Officer Deputy General Director Boris Chikin company called unreasonable. “My former subordinate - itself is quite adequate man. I do not know just, for which he took for him all. is committed to, what he did all his life. I have not seen it, a year two”, - said Chikin.

As is known, the first on the activities of the Wagner Division drew the attention of the online newspaper last fall “to Fontanka.ru”. The invitation to the banquet can be explained by the biography of the military, sure correspondent publications Denis Korotkov. According to the journalist, spring unit was withdrawn from Syria, perhaps, because, that the objectives have been fulfilled or private military companies Wagner became public.

“The former commander of the 700 st Special Forces squad, stationed in Pechory, finished his military service in 2013 year, then he participated in the expedition of a private military company “Slavic housing” at 2013 year in Syria. In the spring 2014 he has headed his own division Wagner. Since 2014 in the areas of Donbass, mainly in Luhansk region, acts informal military association, known as private military company Wagner. And 2015 , the same unit seen in Syria, in particular, during the storming of Palmyra in the winter-spring 2016 of the year”, - said Korotkov.

Use of the term “private military company”, of course, place here, acknowledged by all interviewees “Kommersant FM” experts. By law “mercenaries” The country has banned. There are several firms, are engaged in security-related services, including in the countries, which are fighting. And there on the division of Wagner speak reluctantly. CEO of military consulting “RSB-groups” Oleg Krynytsыn celebrated, that the employment in the company of his experience of participating in the hostilities in the south-east of Ukraine - more, minus.

“Did, as dead - or nothing, any good. Nothing good. People, who participated in the fighting in the Donbas, we are not interested, they do not have the status of some legitimate entities. In the opinion of the world community, they are accomplices of terrorism. And we can not risk the reputation of our company or our teams, who travel abroad. It threatens, that the whole group will be delayed, and there will be some trial. Precedents have already been in the world - not with us - when they were detained on the proposal of the Ukrainian side, or their supervisors Americans”, - Told Krynytsыn.

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