{"id":110,"date":"2023-08-13T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=110"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:33:13","slug":"british-intelligence-minsk-may-bear-burden-of-wagner-groups-funding","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110\/","title":{"rendered":"British intelligence: Minsk may bear burden of Wagner Group&#8217;s funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 13,&nbsp;<em>BPN<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;The Belarusian authorities may be &#8220;the second most plausible paymasters,&#8221; should Russia cut funding to Wagner Group, the British defense ministry has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceHQ\/status\/1690598778909458433?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>&nbsp;on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The sizeable force would be a significant and potentially unwelcome drain on modest Belarusian resources,&#8221; it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late June, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin called for an armed rebellion to oust the Russian defense minister, but later backed down after reaching agreements with Belarusian ruler Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wagner fighters have been regularly arriving in Belarus since mid-July. Their numbers are estimated to be between 3,500 and 5,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian defense ministry announced that it signed a road map with mercenaries to learn from their experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Baltic States and Poland are stepping up border security, citing threats associated with the presence of Wagner fighters in Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 13,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;The Belarusian authorities may be &#8220;the second most plausible paymasters,&#8221; should Russia cut funding to Wagner Group, the British defense ministry has&nbsp;said&nbsp;on X. &#8220;The sizeable force would be a significant and potentially unwelcome drain on modest Belarusian resources,&#8221; it noted. 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