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[13] The deputy foreign minister of Russia, Mikhail Bogdanov, has stated that Russia will supply the government of Libya with weapons if UN sanctions against Libya are lifted. [14] In April 2015, Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani visited Moscow and announced that Russia and Libya will strengthen their relations, especially economic relations. [15]
Despite being opposed to the move by NATO to topple ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi, Russia did not block the UN resolution calling for an intervention in Libya in 2011. Since then, Russia has frequently used Libya as "an example of Western failures in the Middle East." The Russian government has affirmed that it intends to play a role in restoring a ...
The Head of the Russian contact group on intra-Libyan settlement, Lev Dengov, stated that The Sun report did not "correspond to reality", although RBK TV also confirmed the Russian military deployment to Libya. [6] [7] By early March 2019, according to a British government source, around 300 Wagner PMCs were in Benghazi supporting Haftar. [8]
(Bloomberg) -- On an April day last year, as war raged around Tripoli, two Russian operatives set out from the Libyan capital to meet the man they hoped to install as leader.Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi ...
[332] The deputy foreign minister of Russia, Mikhail Bogdanov, has stated that Russia will supply the government of Libya with weapons if UN sanctions against Libya are lifted. [333] In April 2015, Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani visited Moscow and announced that Russia and Libya will strengthen their relations, especially economic relations ...
Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya; Allied armed groups: Mercenaries (allegedly) [10] National Forces Alliance; Wagner Group [11] DShRG Rusich; Russian Imperial Legion [12] Egypt [13] [14] (from February 2015) Egyptian Army [15] Egyptian Air Force United Arab Emirates [13] (limited involvement) Union Defence Force Sudan [16] Supported by:
Senior member of government. Involvement with Revolutionary Committees. Past history of involvement in suppression of dissent and violence. Sayyid Mohammed Qadhaf Al-dam: Cousin of Muammar Gaddafi. In the 1980s, Sayyid was involved in the dissident assassination campaign and allegedly responsible for several deaths in Europe.
Libyan Government: NTC NATO France United Kingdom United States Belgium Canada Denmark Netherlands Norway Spain Turkey Jordan Qatar Sweden United Arab Emirates; Regime change. Muammar Gaddafi killed; NTC assumes interim control of Libya; Post-civil war violence in Libya; Second Libyan Civil War (2014–2020) HoR Russia; Gaddafi loyalists