On the participation of the Russian military, including PMC, in the fight against LIH (banned in the Russian group) in Syria, he writes journalist Mark Steinberg pages “Moskovsky Komsomolets”.
of course, the topic of the participation of Russian PMCs in the Syrian war concerns primarily the well-known “Wagner group”.
“The abbreviation PMC stands for private military company, – explains the author.- An armed formation is implied, in number and equipment corresponding to the army and performing the same functions, but organized and maintained not by the state, but by private individuals. PMCs in recent 30 years have spread in the countries of America and Europe. In Russia “Wagner Group” – first PMC, famous. This “Group” by number (2500 fighters), equipment and organization corresponds to the Russian separate motorized rifle brigade. The only difference is, what is being created, completed and contained “Group” fully funded, private individuals. In Russia, it was formed in 2015 year and was based at the training ground in the Krasnodar Territory. personnel – storerooms of the first category, including junior officers. Command – career officers, mostly special forces.
According to scant information “SPARK-Interfax”, absolutely all funds for maintenance “Groups” (except for weapons and ammunition) allocate “senior businessmen”, whose names are classified. Only the main one is known “cashier” – Petersburg restaurateur Evgeny Prigozhin, through the accounting department of which the costs of maintaining the PMC are paid. Including – salaries to fighters, cash only. Average, a private gets on the territory of Russia 80-100 thousand rubles per month in cash. In the war zone – in Syria – twice as much, a plus “fighting” and compensation. In the event of the death of a PMC-sheep, standard family payment – to 5 million rubles. with the condition of nondisclosure of the place of death. by the way, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the main losses in Syria fall on “Wagner group”. Because she is the main part of the ground forces, leading military operations in the most “hot” points. When Russia in the fall 2015 of the year officially began to deploy the Khmeimim airbase, in the same area, north of Latakia, there were already camps “Wagner group”. And its fighters took part in the hostilities even earlier.. by the way, exactly they and “tested” – according to Shoigu – the latest weapons, the author notes “Moskovsky Komsomolets”.
borrowed from the internet space
