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Release Date:
February 16, 2022
Original Title:
Wagner, l’armée de l’ombre de Poutine
Alternate Titles:
Wagner, les hommes de l'ombre de Poutine
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
CAPA
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 79
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.
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