Russian citizen Mark Neymark left dead in Syria at the end of September, which told, that he was forced to go to a hot spot, by signing a contract with a private military company (PMC), since for a year I could not find work at home.
On the death of a 25-year-old resident of Megion, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, blown up on a mine, press reported this week. Группа Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), which investigates armed conflicts, suggested, that Neymark was an active Russian soldier. The Russian Defense Ministry has not yet commented on reports of his death.
Ksenia Neymark said Russian Air Force Service, that her husband signed a contract with PMCs. According to the widow, 12 October, a man called Sergey called and asked to come to Rostov-on-Don, where were the documents signed, that the family received compensation for the death of Mark. Ksenia did not name her amount. she added, that in Rostov I met three more families, whose relatives died in Syria.
PMC representatives specified, that Mark Neymark died 28 September, when he crossed a mined road. According to Ksenia, her husband went to Syria 28 June, the business trip was supposed to last until the end of October, then he planned to return home.
As the woman told, Mark decided to enroll in PMCs, as “I couldn’t find a job for about a year”. “Settled by the waiter, worked, but he was deceived and did not pay money. He got a job somewhere, but always said, what he lacked” , – reported by the widow.
According to Ksenia, Mark called from Syria, connected via social network “In contact with” and WhatsApp, sent photos. She denied reports of, that the husband was an active soldier: he served only military service.
Meanwhile, the media wrote, what 28 September, when Mark Neymark died, in Syria, captured a Cossack from the Rostov region, Roman Zabolotny and a resident of the Moscow region Grigory Turcanu, fought in Syria as part of “Wagner PMCs”. There is no reliable information about their fate. In early October, a video appeared on the site of the terrorist-related agency Amaq, in which two people in Russian talk about, how were captured. Men were identified as Turcanu and Zabolotny. According to an unconfirmed version, both are no longer alive.
According to CIT, in August and September 2017 At least nine fighters die in Syria “Wagner PMCs”. The press wrote, what is wagner – call sign of the commander, GRU special forces lieutenant colonel in reserve Dmitry Utkin. Among the dead, the group called the names of the natives of Kazan, Perm, Nizhny Novgorod and other cities.
In Russia there is no law on private military companies. Officially, the Russian authorities recognize, that only Russian military advisers and instructors are present in Syria.
The day before in Donetsk, the Congress of the Union of Volunteers of Donbass was held, in which the assistant to the president of Russia Vladislav Surkov took part. Some participants told the BBC Russian Service, that their friends are fighting in Syria, reports Newsru.com.
In Megion? and not find a normal job? – nonsense. In the 90s, bandits also engaged in squeezing someone else's. Not a pity.