Founder of Russian mercenary group accuses France in Central African Republic attack.
Dmitry Syty, head of the "Russian House", was taken to a hospital in the capital Bangui and by late afternoon his condition was serious, but stable, the Russian Embassy said, according to the Russian RIA Novosti news agency.
He did not say how he knew what Syty had said, but did say he had asked Russian Foreign Ministry to open the procedure for declaring France a state sponsor of terrorism. The European Union has imposed sanctions on Wagner, accusing it of carrying out clandestine operations on the Russian government's behalf.
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