The Wagner group’s web in Libya Federica Saini FasanottiRussia has developed a complex network of influence in Libya through the Wagner group and will likely keep using private military actors to maintain its leverage. Moscow needs the Wagner group not only for strategic reasons, but primarily for economic ones. Mr. Lavrov stated that the Wagner group would continue to operate in the Central African Republic, Mali and Burkina Faso, as well as in Libya. A brief history of the Wagner group in LibyaThe presence of the Wagner group alongside the LNA first became apparent at the beginning of the siege of Tripoli in April 2019. There may be a rebranding of the Wagner group, a new leader more loyal to President Putin, or entirely new companies.
