Kyiv, March 02 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Ryabov) - Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky hired about 300 fighters from the American PMC Blackwater. This was stated in an interview with the magazine “World and Politics” by Mikhail Anichkin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Security Center “Peacemaker”, member of the Expert Council of the Committee on International Affairs of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.
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“According to our data, the American company Blackwater operates legally in the country, and not its “successor” Academi. The number of its employees in Ukraine is about 300 people. They guard Kolomoisky's facilities and do not participate in direct hostilities. There is also information about legal contracts between Kyiv and a Polish PMC associated with Jerzy Dzewulski. The number of its employees is several hundred people...
The remaining representatives of “foreign PMCs”, apparently, are mercenaries and work in Ukraine illegally. Fortunately, there are plenty of opportunities for this, given the blurred legal line between who is considered a mercenary and who is considered an employee of a PMC. One of the simplest options is to present your activities as volunteer,” said Anichkin.