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UN report on Libya mercenaries 'unfounded,' says Russia

A Foreign Ministry official dismissed the findings of the report on Wagner Group's operations in Libya and called for an investigation into why it was leaked.
Smoke fumes rise above buildings in the Libyan capital Tripoli, during reported shelling by strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces, on May 9, 2020 (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images)

A United Nations report that claimed a private Russian army is fighting on behalf of Libya’s eastern warlord was based on rigged and biased data, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. 

In an interview with state-run Russian agency RIA Novosti, Foreign Ministry official Petr Ilichev said the claims made in the report were “simply unfounded.”

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