Russian businessman Yevhen Prigozhin confirmed the information that his private military company

"Wagner"

recruited Zambian citizen Lemehani Nyirenda, who later died in the war in Ukraine, in the Russian colony.    

The propaganda media of the Russian Federation write about this with reference to the press service of the Concord company.

"I remember this guy well. I spoke with him in the Tver region and asked: "Why do you need this war? You will be able to leave early in a couple of years, you will soon be home and see your relatives. Why would you go? After all, the chance of dying is quite high Remember this," said the head of the "Wagnera" PMC.

According to Prigozhin, the Zambian citizen agreed to go to war allegedly out of "gratitude for the help of the Russian Federation in achieving independence for Africans."

"You Russians have helped us Africans to gain independence for many years. When we were in trouble, you extended your hand to us and you continue to do so now. Wagner's PKV saves thousands of Africans, and if I go to war with you, it is probably at least, how can I pay for our debts. And if I stay alive, I will learn to fight for my Motherland," Prigozhin quoted the fallen student as saying.

What is known about the death of a student from Zambia during the war in Ukraine

In mid-November, it became known that

a student from Zambia

, who was convicted in Moscow for drug possession, died in Ukraine at the front.

Lemehani Nyirendu studied at the Moscow Institute of Engineering and Physics, but in 2020 he was sentenced to 9.5 years in prison.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zambia, Stanley Kakubo, said that he demands from the Russian Federation an explanation as to how their citizen ended up at the front in Ukraine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine also

reacted to the death of a 23-year-old student

from Zambia.

Thus, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko called on African countries to demand that Russia stop putting pressure on their citizens.

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