When I say Atlantic Council Ideology, what I mean is this kind of thing where NATO think tank talk about "decolonizing Russia" as way of enforcing US-Capital. In my experience, the only people talking about "imperialist Russia" on the internets are bloodthirsty liberals, anti-anti-imperialist Western Left, and so-called "dissidents". It is so-called "Russian Imperialism" in Syria that has saved untold numbers from the brutality of the real imperialists so you can understand why I am especially wary of such statements. Additionally, the Western media apparatus has spread every possible lie about Wagner Group and Russia in Africa.

Imperialism is a system with a center that center is US. For Russia to "become Imperialist" is so far off in the future it is mythology like a crystal ball.

Since you are saying you have concerns, what is your alternative to the security assistance provided by Wagner in the face of NATO-backed death squads that kill many hundreds of Africans in the Sahel every month?