Gazprom created its own army for civil war in Russia - Bild

Gazprom mercenaries can counter the Wagner PEC against the background of Yevgeny Prigogine's conflict with the Kremlin. In February, the Russian state company Gazprom created its own army, which it can use both in Ukraine and during the Civil War in Russia. About it writes the largest German tabloid Bild. According to RIA News, on February 6, the Russian government allowed the Gazprom Oil enterprise to create a private organization designed to protect the energy facilities of the company.

The co-founder of the enterprise was the security company "Staff-Center", which received a share of 30%. On March 7, the Russian propagandist and editor-in-chief of "Today. ru" Yuriy Kotenok wrote in Telegram that Russia is starting to Ukraine with a private military company "Gazprom of Oil", in which mercenaries pay 400-600 thousand rubles a month ($ 5260- $ 7890). About twice as high compared to Wagner PEC.

He later clarified: "Unfortunately, it is not a PVC, but a volunteer form, an analogue of leopards. " The GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine noted that Gazprom created a "security company" in Russia against the background of the conflict between the Kremlin and the founder of the Wagner PEC, the growing. As the Institute of War Study (ISW), Russia can use this armed formation not only to protect energy objects, but also to achieve other goals.

Gazprom Oil can compete with Wagner PEC for recruiting recruitment in Donetsk region. Expert from Ukraine Sergey Sumlenny in a comment to Bild recognized the creation of a private army of Gazprom. According to him, in Russia there are many paramilitary structures, and "Wagner" is only the most famous of them, because it will be well prisone. Own armies already have the most influential Russian oligarchs, and can be used during the Civil War in the Russian Federation.

"The Russian elites are preparing for the worse for themselves: Russia's military defeat and the end of the Putin regime. After that Putin's friends will no longer be guaranteed property rights, so they need such armies. . The true interests of Gazprom and others relate to the remote future and not in the coming months of the war. " Earlier they wrote that the Kremlin is actively hiring volunteers, preparing for a long war in Ukraine.