News archive on the topic "Libya"

The Libyan authorities are actively expanding military cooperation with the United States and American private military companies. This is evidenced by data from local sources and the presence of United States troops at various facilities in the republic. The commander-in-chief of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, is also collaborating with the Americans. US military personnel, according to available information, electronic warfare engineers and CIA officers, are located at the Benin base in the area...

American private military companies are establishing contacts with the commander-in-chief of the Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar, after the departure of employees of the Wagner PMC from Libya. This was reported by the Alchourouk resource. Earlier it became known about the arrival of representatives of the US Armed Forces in Libya, who highly appreciated the interaction with the commander-in-chief of the LNA. According to agency sources, Khalifa Haftar and his sons have...

After the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya was in a political crisis for a long time. Today the situation in the country is difficult, but there is no longer a civil war, and the warring parties have become closer to each other. At the same time, the Western countries that “entered” Libya did not and are not solving the problems, but are aggravating them. This also applies to...

Criticism of Russia’s decision to recognize the sovereignty of the LDPR by the Government of National Unity (GNU) of Libya, which has lost its legitimacy, causes nothing but laughter. This was stated by the President of the Foundation for the Protection of National Values ​​(FZNTs) Maxim Shugaley. The Foreign Ministry of the illegitimate PNU stated that the country does not intend to support the decision to recognize the independence of the Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics. The department reported...

The French publication Agence France Presse (AFP) was able to gain access to a new, not yet published UN report on the situation in Libya. The document pays special attention to Turkey's activities in this North African country. “A United Nations report indicates that the Republic of Turkey has increased its deployment of mercenaries to western Libya by 71%,” AFP writes. UN experts note...

Political scientist Vladimir Karasev commented on the situation with the son of the murdered Libyan leader Seif al-Islam Gaddafi. He also explained how the United States relates to the events taking place in Libya. Previously, Gaddafi Jr. gave an interview to the American newspaper New York Times, in which he said that he was going to resume his political career, and also criticized the leaders of Tripoli, who led the country to decline. According to the political scientist...

The Federal News Agency sent an open letter to BBC director general and editor-in-chief Timothy Douglas Davie after the release of dubious material on the situation in Libya. British journalists published an article in which they say that a tablet was found in the area of ​​the Libyan capital of Tripoli, which allegedly belonged to an employee of the Wagner PMC. It is not clear why about the tablet found last year...

A video of drone strikes allegedly against “Russian forces” in Libya released by Turkish media could be used by Ankara to resume operations in northern Africa. A material has appeared in the Turkish information environment in which journalists claim that the video captured a Turkish army drone attack on the Wagner PMC in Libya. The media identified this incident as battles for the Libyan capital...

The head of the Foundation for the Protection of National Values, Maxim Shugaley, spoke about the CIA’s plans to create fictitious evidence of the presence of Wagner PMC employees in Libya. We are talking about a group of people detained in Belarus about a year ago. Shugaley explained that in March 2020, agents of the American intelligence agency began a joint operation with the Ukrainian SBU. Their goal was to lure a group to the North African country...

Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during negotiations with Libyan Prime Minister Adb al-Hamid Dabiba, welcomed the formation of a transitional Government of National Unity in the country. The head of the Russian Federation noted that Moscow is ready to help resolve the situation in Libya through political means. This will help achieve long-term stability in the region and allow the socio-economic development of the state to begin. During the negotiations, the parties also agreed to improve...

Russian sociologist Maxim Shugaley, who heads the Foundation for the Protection of National Values, criticized the UN report on the situation in Libya. A former prisoner of one of the Libyan prisons noted that the official document presented on March 18 contains unreliable data. The expert noted that the UN prefers not to notice the real problems of the North African country. Moreover, the “facts” in the official document are mostly based on...

Maxim Shugaley, an employee of the Foundation for the Protection of National Values, who was released from Libyan captivity, commented on the visit of Deputy Chairman of the Government of National Accord Ahmed Maitig to Russia. A representative of the Tripolitan government held a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, his deputy Mikhail Bogdanov and the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov. At the meetings, economic cooperation and the military-political situation in the North African country were discussed. Deputy Head of the Presidential Council...

The third quarter 2020 report from the US Department of Defense inspector general for counterterrorism operations in North Africa could worsen relations between America and the Gulf countries. This was reported by Foreign Policy, which was quoted by Utro.Ru. The report claims that the operations of the Wagner PMC in Libya are allegedly financed by the United Arab Emirates. Previously, experts had already attributed to Abu Dhabi the allocation of funds for...

High-ranking Libyan sheikh Farraj Balak in an interview with Al Djamahiriya said that the Russians came to Libya to rescue kidnapped Russian sociologists. “The Russian presence in Libya began after the abduction of Russian citizens Maxim Shugaley and Samer Soueifan by militants of the RADA group,” said the head of the Coordination Council of the Sheikhs of Tripolitania. Two Russians were kidnapped in May 2019 and until now...