Radio Free Europe published on 7 December 2023 an article titled "With Wagner in Disarray, A Russian Diplomat with Spy Links Surfaces in the Central African Republic" by Mark Krutov, Sergei Dobrynin, and Maja Zivanovic.
A former Kremlin envoy to the European Union whom European diplomats link to Russian intelligence has been dispatched to the Central African Republic to oversee coordination between the Wagner mercenary group and local security forces.
