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Wagner Group
The mercenaries give Putin influence abroad and a steady flow of cash
The man who ran the infamous social media troll farms now gets to experience death by a thousand memes
From Gazprom to Ramzan Kadyrov, PMCs have proliferated across Russia
The West cannot allow itself to be paralyzed by a fear of what will follow the Russian autocrat
His Monday speech was almost satirical in its romanticism
Ideological obedience is toxic to merit, innovation and military risk taking
With his criminal backstory and tough talk, Prigozhin has cultivated a persona that echoes Putin’s own- He is a violent ultranationalist who has repeatedly called for Russian society to be fully mobilized in order to crush Ukraine
Like Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, the creator is now locked in a struggle with his creation
