Earlier in July 2018, three Russian journalists were killed in the Central African Republic while investigating the activities of the so-called Wagner group, a group of private military contractors.
Mapema mwezi Julai 2018, waandishi wa habari watatu wa Kirusi waliuwa katika Jamhuri ya Afrika ya kati wakati wa shughuli za uchunguzi  wa kikundi kilichoitwa Wagner, kikundi cha makadarasi wa jeshi wa kujitegemea .