Contents tagged with private military company

  • Russian politician: Mercenaries of private military companies may destabilize situation in Russia

    The head of the committee of the All-Russian Officers' Assembly, Yevgeny Shabayev, in an interview with the radio station Echo of Moscow, stated that returning from abroad Russian mercenaries, who have taken part in hostilities in different countries, cause a threat to the stability of the situation in Russia. 

    “One of the most important problems in the army today is the creation of certain forces that were unknown until this time, which in fact, replace the Russian Federation security forces …

  • US hopes to avoid future clashes between US forces and Russian military in Syria

    The US Director of National Intelligence, Daniel Coats, announced at a press conference on Wednesday that US intelligence is convinced that there will be no more clashes between US forces and private military forces in Syria.

    "This likely won’t happen again," said Coats, who serves as the coordinator of the activities of all sixteen US intelligence agencies, when asked if a repeat of the incident that occurred in February near the settlement of Hisham in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor was …