Wagner, Putin's Shadow Army

Overview

Wagner does not exist. At least not officially. However, after months of investigation and for the first time, Alexandra Jousset and Ksenia Bolchakova plunge us into the heart of this secret army. This film is an investigation into the Russian private military company Wagner. Deployed on all the hot spots of the planet. Its thousands of mercenaries are the armed arm of a Russia that dreams of being great again, applying the recipes learned by Vladimir Putin at the KGB: destabilize and disinform.

Directed by Alexandra Jousset, Ksenia Bolchakova

Top cast

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Marat Gabidullin

Self

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

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Ruslan Leviev

Self, Russian military analyst, Conflict Intelligence Team

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Kevin Limonier

Self, associate professor

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Vasili

Self, Wagner Group recruiter

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Rima

Self, mother of Sergei Makarov

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Catherine Welton

Self, author of 'Putin's People

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Denis Korotkov

Self, Novaya Gazeta journalist

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Dmitry Utkin

Self (archive footage)

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Jean-Serge Bokassa

Self, former Minister of the Interior, Central African Republic

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Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Self, President of the Central African Republic

Suzanne

Self, mother of four children

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Ahmed

Self, eyewitness for murder committed by Wagner Group

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Stanislav Dychko

Self, torture murderer (archive footage)

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Adam

Self, gold mining industry whistleblower

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Aleksandr Radchenko

Self, father of murdered Russian investigative journalist

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Self

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Didier Castres

Self, French Army General (retired)

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