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How Russia turned immigrants into weapons

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Vladimir Putin is accused of using migration as part of his hybrid warfare’ against the West .

Evidence includes physically moving people toward the EU ’s borders, supporting smugglers, and increasing instability and violence in certain regions including Syria and parts of Africa .

One of his agents Jan Marsalek had been attempting to influence the flow of migrants using private armies.

The presence of the RSB Group in Libya is thought to have paved the way for Wagner ’s mercenaries.

The company was named alongside Wagner on a contract to provide security in neighbouring Sudan .

Experts say it could give Russia leverage in the region to close migration taps as they saw fit.

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