Inside Prigozhin’s Wagner, Russia’s Secret War Company | WSJ Documentary
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
- The Wall Street Journal’s latest documentary “Shadow Men: Inside Russia’s Secret War Company” goes deep inside the lethal global expansion of the Russian private military company Wagner - tracing the group's evolution from a small, guns-for-hire operation into a sprawling network of businesses that has been active on four continents.
Through interviews with current and former Wagner fighters, government insiders, victims of attacks and war crimes investigators, the film reveals how the group is hiding the flow of riches and resources through a complex network of front companies that ultimately connect to the Kremlin.
0:00 What is Wagner and who is Yevgeny Prigozhin?
3:36 How the Wagner Group operates
6:16 Wagner’s origins
10:36 A new business model in Syria
17:24 Wagner’s expansion into Africa
19:59 Wagner’s Africa playbook: guns and gold
27:13 The war in Ukraine, Wagner steps out of the shadows
36:09 Wagner’s future
#Wagner #Russia #WSJ
The secret war company the whole world knows about...
What the next ...about Blackwater...
Isn't all US Marines, navy... a much bigger Business by selling democracy to countries never asked for that but finally having to pay a much bigger price?
Like the CIA
they were secret until the war started
Like most CIA's war crimes and crimes against humanity
Maskim Borodin was a Russian reporter trying to help the Wagner Group widows after Wagner attacked American positions in Syria. When 200 Wagner mercenarys were killed in 15 minutes, because they were ordered to attacked over open terrain, Maskim Borodin started going to the funerals back in Russia and asking questions about getting combat pay for the widows. Maskim died when he fell off his balcony.
And Putin's regime are the people who tolerate, create and enjoy the violence created from the void of democratic and prevalence of uncivilized, autocratic, criminal, stubborn and unresponsive rule.
@@TinaHenderson-cl9mb best comment!! ...and don't drink tea, not even with people who you consider your friends :)
Why would a contractor get some sort of state benefit for his family if killed? It works thee same way in the US...stay in the military proper and get all kinds of extras or become a contractor and get more money up front but few to no benefits.
It was not 200 most of them where Syrian only 17 Wagner where killed well 30 injured 🤡 get your facts straight
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Hearing Americans talk about "It's not a classic private military company" is insane. Americans love to use Russia to make themselves seem mild and normal. There is nothing normal about private military companies and don't pretend like it is.
militias are very normal. are you dull?
@@ohare_eraho PMC's and militas are extremely different things.
@@joshuawatson2161 not really. many militias have history of fighting wars for pay
@@ohare_eraho That doesn’t make them a PMC. PMC’s historically have state backing with professional equipment, unlike militias.
It's hilarious to see how they never said these things for American and British PMC's.
I mean what did blackwater do in Iraq that was that different? Prince has said that his mission was to kill Muslims and that they did, when they entered a civilian area while traveling between bases they would just open fire blindly so that the locals learned to see them coming and flee. This is a war crime, targeting civilians at random? No soldier would lay claim to such dishonor, and direct perversion of the code of conduct. But mercenaries sell their honor to the highest bidder
I'm glad not everyone is stupid
Ganz meine meinung!
Maybe because it would be so dramatic to found out, that instead kidnapping, murdering, racketeering and eliminate regime enemies, those guys doing private contract security in unstable countries. This would be infobomb, huh?
Black water uses a rifle. Wagner uses a howitzer.
"Wagner is nothing like what Americans might understand as a private military company, Wagner are mercinaries for hire." Ok true but didn't America themselves extensively use PMC like Blackwater in Afghanistan? Furthermore these PMC also commited warcrimes and were funded by billions of tax payer money. So if Wagner is a terrorist group what does that make Blackwater?
Its always hard to face your own weapons.
What a way of justifying war crimes, if `murica did it back in the day russia can commit it too
I'm actually glad you brought up this comparison, because there is a HUGE difference the two that isn't easily seen on the surface.
The US used extensive PMC support throughout their operations in both countries. Some of the stuff that we never hear about are the companies that provide wifi to bases, cooking & good services, sanitation services, etc.
In Iraq (where things got pretty crazy) the media completely butchered what actually happened, and dictated the narrative that everybody else reacted to & believed (including politicians)
There is a VERY GOOD interview on the Shawn Ryan Show with all 4 guys who were involved in the so-called 'massacre' - and another interview with Eric Prince, the founder & CEO.
I don't want to mess up what may be important details or leave anything out, but YT 'Shawn Ryan Show' and then write 'Blackwater' after, for a bunch of interviews about what really happened...
Did people die that shouldn't have? Probably yes. But when you hear about how crazy that area actually was at the time, you can start to understand why threats were perceived as they were.
(Wagner literally films themselves smashing people with sledgehammers & machetes)
Black water only had one instance of a major war crime and it got them destroyed
@@Civiczz_ :D hilarious, destroyed the name, because transferred to: Xe Services LLC, then: Academi, now: Constellis Holdings. Leave you bcrap to yourself
This episode needs a part 2 immediately because how the tables have turned 😅. Very interesting.
The chickens are coming home to roost
no
Indeed. It's now the "FO" part of "FAFO" for Yevgeny Prigozhin
No they haven’t..
8h old comment didn’t age well 😂
Who is watching this after Prigozhin's "plane crash" death.
putler does not want to talk about it
if America is talking about it, then Russia is on the right way
Wagner Group = Evil
CIA = Holy Angel
😂😂😂
exactly, hilarious isn't it... the propaganda the US is pumping out is unreal.
As a Colombia national, I can tell you from experience, this is what happens when you give a paramilitary group more money and power than the actual army.
The most powerful and dangerous criminal groups are the paramilitaries
This is called capitalism.
M-19?
@@IbrahimIdrisPoesie farc and clan del golfo
@@IbrahimIdrisPoesie I just live in Russia and support communism
The enemy never tells the truth about their enemy
So we're to act like the French, British, Italians, and Americans haven't been doing the same for decades?
More like If Russians and Soviets haven’t doing and if the countries You mension did it why is Russia doing the same.
so we're doing whataboutism now?
And now we all expect Part 2: Prigozhin's Heresy and Wagner's road to Moscow.
An episode also known as Vlad's Butcher Comes Home to Roost. Cue laughtrack, cornball Russian theme song.
Ha ha
Part 2: Prigozhin Running to his Own Death (the squeakquel)
But now suddenly can concentrate on militairy things only and leave citizens alone, at least till now in Rostov
COBRA group birth ....GI Joe will be too
We Americans are guilty of the same. In Iraq, for example, we hired mercenaries who also regularly committed war crimes. Our government protects them too. Julian Assange exposed one of the war crimes by our mercanary contracters and, despite the public wanting our government to not prosecute him, they are working to prosecute him under the espionage act because he embarrassed them. We have no standing as human rights leaders.
nice whataboutism
double standards. killed Gadaffi also
@@HumanFishBoy69 i think you meant to say _hypocrisy_
There is no difference between Wagner and the US Military.
Invading other Countries in the interest of the Government, committing war crimes, overthrow Governments and most important exploiting resources.
Only difference Wagner is responsible for fewer deaths.
And Wagner is at least honestly, they don’t talk about “bringing democracy to other countries”
But Iraq votes its leaders in now from a dictatorship ...putin is a dictatorship who wants to take a free people and take away there vote. Can you not see the difference?
Not a Putin fanboy or wagner lover but how do they differ from Blackwater?
Thank you for the opportunity to participate and work on this project! 🎥
"Wagner is nothing like what Americans might understand. It's a private military company."
*Blackwater has entered the chat.*
(edit for grammar)
😅
I thought just exactly the same thing. It's just utterly pathetic that united statians will bluntly believe their private military companies are unblemished.
Clean your ears man, he said "Wagner is nothing like what Americans might understand AS a private military company". Embarrassing, really
When wagnar enter the chat blackwater left the chat 😂💔
@@leandroCaveira1 Blackwater was massive news and it ruined the reputation of PMC's for most of the general public. But don't let reality get in the way of your ignorant hatred. ;)
"Wagner is nothing like what Americans might understand as a Private military company" .... Your description is exactly equivalent to American PMCs in the Middle East, Africa, and South America... Did we suddenly forget that Blackwater exists?
Blackwater is not nearly as prevalent around the world in the passed decade. They lost a lot of domestic support. Meanwhile, Wagner has expanded its influence considerably.
Another low-iq whataboutism argument. Blackwater was never used as an active military force, conducting offensive missions. They were essentially body guards in military uniforms carrying small arms and never numbered more than 1000. They operate with permission of the country's they're in. And when the Nisour Square Massacre happened, justice was swift with convictions... But then your buddy Donald Trump pardoned them. Yeah, you forgot about that. Any comparison to the highly militarized Wagner group which is Putin’s secret private army and death squad he inserts in independent foreign countries without their knowledge or approval, conducting large offensive operations, in some cases with orders to assassinate is quite frankly silly. They number over 50,000, and now count violent criminals in their ranks, using the full power of a country's military short of nukes. And face zero liability for their actions, wether those are civil or criminal. Stop being a lazy dum@ss. We have a country filling with these types.
Man we don’t care all we all no is Russia is not wrong stop trying to trick us since the USA have been taking all the world to war they have to stop
Dyncorps?
@@curiousoddity Well, the mercenaries from Blackwaters shot civilians just for fun and also sold weapons contraband, of course, after such they will have problems with hiring. They even renamed several times due to press hype to Xe Services LLCC and Academi and now Constellis Holdings.
For westerners struggling to understand what Wagner group is, it's basically just Russian Blackwater.
How about making a movie about Blackwater mercenaries or is that a bad thing to say?
I agree totally, in Iraq and Afghanistan we continually seen PMC where we were told they were not there, definitely there to back up three letter agencies.
With regards to their existence, I'd have to give them a nod for keeping soldiers employed after the military kicks us out with no other work experience than what many of us have done since leaving school.
Only difference is our military and government are supposed to have rules of engagement. This keeps deniable plausibility on the table.
Pass the buck if you like
They don't need 1 day to hold hands together and fall off from a balcony.
this is mainstream media, so yea, you aren't allowed to ask about Blackwater. BW pays WSJ indirectly
I KNEW someone in the comments would try to make the comparison. Blackwater and Wagner aren't even in the same league. More importantly, once it became clear that Blackwater was possibly on its way to being at this level, it was shut down...quickly. Split up, renamed, and divested to the point of irrelevance because of what came to light. THAT is the big difference here. America and journalism shut Blackwater down. Russia can't, or won't, shut down Wagner. I traditionally lean right, and have no love for the overly liberal media, but the fact is the only thing keeping either side in check IS the either side. Russia doesn't have that, and this is just one of the many things that happen...
Can't do that. Dangerous. You're gonna make Sasha Soros mad.
Is there any difference between Wagner group and any other American private armies?
Only that the US does a lot more of this, in every corner of the world.
and has done so for much longer too
Yeah, Wagner is helping rich Russian oligarchs make money at the expense of everyone else, and American PMCs help rich American oligarchs make money at the expense of everyone else. Hence why Wagner bad but Blackwater good, because you see, those rich American oligarchs using private military forces to destabilize and loot countries are the good guys, while Putler is a big ol' meanie.
No but don’t tell that to all of the people who think they are morally superior, they don’t care.
@@ericeisenhofer2867 source?
Nice, now one documentary about AZOV please.
I have a question: European miners have been mining in CAR long before Wagner came in. Why have they never bothered industrializing the mines? Industrialization reduces labor's exposure to hazards such as physical injuries or chemical interactions. Why have these rich, powerful European mining companies never bothered protecting these laborers or transfer technology - that is archaic by today's standards by the way - to CAR?
Great question
very good question. And the answer is...the labourers were the people of the lower sort for them and they did not care.
if its the West doing its okay thats how the world works, West good the rest evil....
everything that the defenders of democracy do is always good, even if it is bad.
@@vovathecreator7024 good sarcasm
In general, of course, this is not a private military company. This is a full-fledged private army. By the type of those armies that were in Medieval Europe. They are not guards, they are soldiers. A unique phenomenon in the modern world.
Unique phenomenon in the modern world? haha are you blind or what?
@@tewsscharly6841 You're just off topic)
It can be classified as a PMC group as well though. No matter how large the group is. It can be a PMC and a private military army as well
now try to understand Russia is not the only country who operates these types of (non national) groups. America had Blackwater that became Triple Canopy then formed what is known as Contellis. America has other silent departments like all the Signals groups, that commit activity under the US badge but claim nothing for the very same country they derive authority. Qatar and Turkey collude in funding groups as well. Israel has a pretty infamous one themselves that uses the leverage of blackmail against foreign diplomats. Cuba operates a prominent one. China operates many both inside and outside China.
Bro they have been around these Pmc even in the west since the 80s. And blackwater actively helped in the iraq and afghan war and has US army train at its huge trainings centres bro because blackwater owns one of the biggest military training facilities in the world
"Russia is further destabilising.." said in an American accent has got to be the biggest irony of all time.
'they are nothing like an7y private military company you've heard of' goes on to describe every private military company/mercenary from the beginning of time.
lol! For those who never followed metal gear solid
It’s a hook. Meant to bring the reader/viewer closer to the text/documentary. This could be exaggerated or untrue.😮😮😮😮😮😂
This is good we need a documentary about US secret units and private military units employed by the US as well
i think theres been many
Wagner is legalized state-backed paramilitary criminal cartel exactly like 👉 American BlackWater (aka Academi, aka Xe Services, aka Triple Canopy, aka Constellis Group). 😒
Usa uses special forces groups for in person assassinations, and CIA drones for more liberal assassinations
Obama with ISIS (proven right), Obama with some cartel (look up “fast and furious”) hmmm not sure but CIA funded some other Mexican gang leaders essentially maybe Zetas or something like that.
I mean we literally do prop up groups all the time to overthrow governments in other countries.
Imagine being so badass that even your chef is military leader.
What?
@@MrHappy-hx3goPutin lider world!
Here after his plane crashed
Very good. Can we get one like that about Blackwater, Légion étrangère and other "exotic" forces?
Of course not!! Butchers who have killed hundreds of thousands of people in Serbia, Syria, Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan pay for hate propaganda against Russians!!
The french "Legión Étrangère" is not a private army group. It’s a French army corp who can hire foreigners.
@@commercialbreak8290 I didn't say it was private. But clearly it's not like other regular armies and would be interesting to watch a documentary about it.
I think there are a lot of documentaries about the Legión Étrangère, and they are under French Military control, they even wear the same uniform and flag, but there is of course a reason why this Legion does so long exist. It is much different to tell your fellow country men that they're sons, brothers died in a conflict, then some foreigners fighting under your flag and get sent where ever the government sees fit and die maybe where they get sent. I have never seen where PMC's or Legioners death were protested.
@@commercialbreak8290 yeah they usually oppress their own people for France, that's lower dignity then mercs.
Who's here learning about Wagner before the civil War breaks out?
me of course, currently now the situation is now more complex
They turned back ?
Learning? It’s all been scrubbed. The time to learn has passed. Who knows what’s happening
What about now?
The civil war was over before it had even begun
The actions of the US and collective Western countries can be perceived as hypocritical when they label non-Western nations as threats while pursuing their own interests through sometimes questionable means.
Remember 'Blackwater' now 'Academi' and their grip in the middle east, during the Iraq and Afghan campaign... That was all for the greater good ofc, heroes they would even be called. Have a look at France's 'foreign legion' one could categorize all of these PMCs the same as "state-backed paramilitary cartels" that's why their governments supports them, to gatekeep their interests. This is just a very poor and biased reportage about nothing. Because ofc, all is good and well when the collective Western countries invade and destroy other sovereign countries.
Whoa that's so crazy. So how are Wagner's operations different from US private military contract groups?
about the same actually
@@SuperKeithers thanks, Sherlock 🤠🧠
You work for the propaganda department of wagner
@@rikhughes6452 I wish. Bet they pay better than my job.
@@rikhughes6452 dont deceive yourself American PMC are way worst than that, they committed worst atrocities in Iraq, Afghan and other African countries
I love how they called it mercenary group, like other PMC's aren't
Since it's WSJ, I'm gonna take everything they say, turn it the opposite way and be closer to the truth.
1:13 Love when he said Americans wouldn’t understand the concept of private military’s as if some of the largest aren’t American
And then he lists horrible things they do as if American soldiers haven't done the same and worse 🤣🤣🤣
whataboutism detected in this thread
@@ajajaaukka nope . whataboutism is something else . this is just stating that the so called "great journalists" forgot to mention how russia is copying what america has dont for decades .. and pretending like it is new . do you let internet pre-chew all your arguements ?
@@ajajaaukkathis documentary is a overdramaticism and wrongism on many thingsism
the USA is hypocrites at the highest order... Black Water
We Americans are home to a privately owned mercenary group called Academy formerly known as Blackwater run by Eric Prince brother of Betsy DeVos who was former U.S. secretary of education.
Which country did Blackwater steal resources from?
@@PSonak Iraq Syria Afghanistan Libya Yemen and most Africa they got very rich from just killing alone.
@@PSonak you better not ask that
Academi (Blackwater) never exploited resources. It never pillaged as Wagner did; but merely provided security solutions in their respective domains. Yes, they did have mishaps where they abused force against civilians and citizens. But the exploitation & extraction of a countries resources is never something Blackwater has been known to do or take part in. Blackwater made some billions from providing top of the line forces to militia's in war-torn territories and giving high-flying politicians high-grade protection; but they could only dream of making the billions that Wagner was extracting from Syrian oil.
@Zues Nope, try again. I didn't say where did they operate, I said where did they steal resources. What are the names of the mines that they operate?
I pray wholeheartedly for those who lost their lives, homes and loved ones, let god shall be with them and peace be with them
How are they secret if they appear on public television
To the comments saying: "but what about US group X?" two things can be bad at the same time, it's not that hard to understand
Russians are a slave people with the inability to comprehend that westerners can criticize and not support the actions of their own governments
The accusation is that state department rags like WSJ will never accuse or scrutinize actions of the west to the same degree. Take this propaganda piece with a grain of salt and follow where their money comes from.
Yes. 2 things. The US media, and the lies they tell you.
That's not the point they are making. The point is that when america was doing human rights abuses and crimes nobody was saying anything. It was all right but now that it's russia it's a bad?. Talk about hypocrisy.
@@jamesrowlands8971 What?
they should also do a documentary about how the government of the US fund and help the paramilitary groups in Colombia. would be interesting, just saying.. :v
1000% agree. The conniving American CIA…. Let’s have a programme on that. LOL. Or Blackwater…
Victory to Russia.
Crazy to think that the U.S. and their contractors have been doing this for nearly a century.
Id like to see one on the CIA please.
😂 that would be interesting
What do you mean? This documentary is essentially produced by the CIA.
@@area51orders exactly.
😂😂😂
There are many her on UA-cam. Them saving nazis at the end of WWII and so on. Eye opening and disturbing
Brilliant doco.. This was put together before Prigo death so I am very much looking forward to a second part. Good job seriously
Excellent documentary. I would like to see something similar about the crimes of the British Group 4 Securicor or the American Academi (formerly Blackwater). Hope it comes out soon!
You must be joking. They wouldn't dare!
That's unlikely to happen. Blackwater isn't very interesting anymore, as they've lost most of their government contracts following the scandals and keep a low profile. In-fact no-one would be making a documentary on Wagner either, if it wasn't for them acting like the Schutzstaffel in Ukraine at the moment.
It will never come out, all western stand for good only Russian is evil
So they are also a shadow army whose business is killing and torturing people?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now for part 2: Blackwater
Do a Second Part about the US in AFRICA.V Corps, 56th Artillery Command, 7th Army Training Command, 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Southern European Task Force-Africa, HQ&HQ Battalion, US Army Europe & Africa Band & Chorus, US Army NATO Brigade.
Very interesting! Could you make the same documanteries about the US Army invasions in Afghanistan, Irak, Syria etc? Thank you 😉🙂
Americans wouldn’t understand a private military company??? You mean like black water??😂😂😂 excellent comment. How dumb do they think we are
😂 Nastiness and hypocracy a character I have learned from them. 😂
I'd heard of Wagner from their Syrian and Ukraine actions but hadn't heard of them in Africa.
Thanks for your work.
On start of that video we see that just propaganda story, bcs no one from freedom ppl in Siria, African country and especially Bakhmut's citizens never say something bad against them. Especially very funny about how Russia try steal other resorces.
What’s interesting to me is that they choose to portray a very one sided story while leaving out the United States is illegally stealing Syrian oil at 100% margins & that Wagner is simply hired to help keep the thieves out. It’s a mutual agreement between Syria & Wagner. No different than the incredibly high import taxes the US forces on foreign countries. The moment you dig deeper is the moment you realize this is clearly a propaganda piece. Wagner has statues in Africa by the way. For helping stability not destabilizing like the US is often responsible for.
Not for nothing, but Syria is in Africa
@@sequoia1171 It is not. Syria is on the continent of Asia.
@@sequoia1171 that true, no one cant work for free, not in military sphere. And no, Siria not Africa.
Amerikan army and blackwater mercenaries did much worse than that.
"The level of power he achieved" He likely shared that sentiment, until it was pulled right from under his feet
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Blackwater was a very normal business company and there were no war crimes committed at all. This is what we should believe according to the west.
How is it a “Secret War Company” when it is now the most known war company in the world? 😭
its the second most known, blackwater is more popular with more invasions and older.
because it was secret before 2022 and Prigozhin denied any connection to the Wagner PMC and even sued for it prior to the war in Ukraine
@@cinqbuns black water puppies, they never fought with equals
Just like the black rock group has their army
I'm afraid there won't be a part 2 anymore
Rename this to "Inside US Army, America's War Company" and the whole thing would make sense word for word.
Well then looks like it’s happening
Here he comes…
Funny how they can show dead bodies not even blurred, but you get your video taken down because someone screamed and that is considered “against community guidelines”…🤔
Balcony is deadly
Live by the sword, die by the sword. RIP Prigozhin. Dos ve Dayna.
CURTANA
THE SWORD OF MERCY
Terrorist state accusing others of terrorism😂
The paramilitary contractor groups we should truly be worried about are the ones nobody is talking about, the ones so well funded, so well disguised that we don’t see any info on them in the main aspect of media and journalism.
Things of this nature will become more and more common as tensions rise between major global leaders, which results in guerrilla warfare and espionage style conflicts. Weird times ahead indeed.
100% time the masses were given the metal gear solid collection and told theres the truth lol!
stupid ads are ruining the whole documentary
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In fact, there isn't any difference between Wagner of Russia and Black water of USA. Both of them are the companies that recruit mercenaries who work with a contract. Black water also committed many war crimes during Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Facts. They're pretending like mercenaries haven't existed since wars first started. They never mention the French or British mercenaries who still operate in Africa.
Glad this comment is present for balance on this.
The difference is that Blackwater was made of up of professionals and used for security work and escorting of diplomats whereas Wagner is mostly made up of conscripted convicts and involved in direct military assaults, often in the form of human wave attacks.
@@HyzersGR Professionals for what killing and stealing resources all over the globe
@@zionistkillingmachine Last I checked the US didn't try to annex Iraq like Russia is trying to do in Ukraine.
Would be nice to learn about activities that US army do in iraq, afganistan, syria and some asian countries and is there any difference
Ironically, he didn't actually come back alive, did he?
Can't wait to watch episode 2 lol
If you liked this investigation, I recommend you to watch "Wagner, Putin's shadow army" by Ksenia Bolchakova and Alexandra Jousset. It was shown on French TV just before Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Back then, Prigozhin kept a low profile and denied any connection with Wagner. The investigation centers mostly around Wagner's actions in Syria and Prigozhin's businesses in Africa. It is really an incredible work of journalism. Ksenia and Alexandra were pioneers and they put the light on Putin's dirty wars. The investigation received the prestigious 2022 Albert Londres Prize.
WSJ is a press for hire. The Chef has more decency than the whole West. He respected the Ukrainian soldiers he killed in Bakhmut and put them ib coffins, unlike the Nazi Ukrainians who killed their prisoners.
Am unable to find the documentary.. can plz provide me the link ?
@@Soviiet_union ua-cam.com/video/G44UT5npo_0/v-deo.html the French title is "Wagner, l'armée de l'ombre de Poutine"
Yeah right Putin's dirty wars. If I am not mistaken russia was invited by Syria. The war in Syria is your beloved evil government doing. US and NATO wanted to destabilise Syria and created ISIS. Well that all failed miserably
This is not rasslkdovanie this manipulation of facts - propaganda 😂
Can you make another documentary about blackwater and their crimes in Iraq?
it's a western channel .... do you really think that they are going to promote there war crimes? they even arrested the jornalist that made that history public and called him a spy ... facing 125 years in jail just for showing american war crimes ...... FREE JULIAN ASSANGE
not even black water, but the regular usakistani army(and navy and airforce and marines), and their atrocities all over the world.
but that would take quite a lot of hours because they are almost endless.
"Americans might nit understand what a private military company is?"
Guess Americans have never heard of Blackwater?
Rest In Peace brother ❤️
Rest In Paradise brother ❤️
Bro that intro was the closest thing to a real life Warhammer 40K/Space Marine Starship Trooper dil
1:18 the funny thing is that NATO and the USA have been doing this for decades and nobody complains in the international criminal court
cope
@@mirofin rope, knot, you
No matter matter who you fight for as a soldier or how many medals are awarded for your sacrifices, no matter how special they make you feel, or how inflated your ego is as a soldier, just remember you’re still nothing more than a rich mans pawn and a statistic to be used as collateral damage. Brutal truth suck it up soldiers. Stop letting rich old men pimp you out to protect them and their selfish interests. Go home and love your family members.
the racket
The men who fought in the revolutionary war weren't fighting for rich men.
If we didn't give our goverment so much power and money to dominate us this wouldn't be the case.
you mean like the polish soldiers defending their country against Germany in ww2?
@@nickmcdonald6731 They quite literally were lol
This is a hit piece
I must admit I did have a laugh when they are talking about Russia looting Syrias natural resources, when it’s actually America that is still there stealing Syrian oil 😂😂
This is about to be a real popular video
Very!
incredible documentary ! hands down #WallStreetJournal
Pure propaganda. We have done much much worse
How do you pronounce it Vagner or Wagner I'm confused.
Thank you WSJ for doing such important work
great video, much too long.
@@robertmaybeth3434 Conveying this much information simply takes time; a shorter video wouldn't have the same level of depth and detail. Either way, I always watch these on 1.5x or 2.0x playback speed to reduce my overall watch time
@Robert Maybeth you just have a short attention span amd aren't suited for tackling complicated issues in life. Maybe stick to tiktok?
@@BayAreaMotorcycleCommuting you too huh? Yeah most videos can greatly be improved by speeding them up, I do that for almost all of them
No private Nazi forces from west fighting in Ukraine!?
No wonder western people are so dumb , they believe in CIA propaganda 24/7
In part 2 let's see the story about atrocities done by US mercenary companies called MPRI, Black Water, and also about IFOR, SFOR and KFOR troops. The world deserves to hear about others side where it all begun.
"Wagner is nothing like what Americans might understand as mercenaries" *Proceeds to describe what they do and happens its the same as what the US army does in the middle east*
Lepo napisano zlo tesko
A real leader would send their military's to eradicate these terrorist and dissolve the Russian group once and for all.
Very interesting. I feel like I want to write a screenplay now 🙂
Serious question: Doesn't America do this same exact thing around the world with it's military? We just call it "securing democracy", but the actions are still the same. There are reports from Syria and Yemen that American and other western countries have troops there to "guard the oil"...but are we really guarding it? It was a fascinating documentary but it seems like another case of "Russia does it so it's bad, America does it so it's good".
Exactly
You're right. It boils down to the competition for the resources. "Russian" capitalists (or, better to say, trans-national corporations which have their bases in Russia) are doing the exact same thing that western trans-national corporations are doing for the last hundred or so years. Currently we are in a situation similar to 1914 - the start of a "great" (as it is called in western historiography) or a First World War. All the modern conflicts can be understood by viewing them through a lens of economical interests of largest TNC's and the governments they control (either directly, like in Africa, Latin America etc.) or trough a illusion of a democracy.
Secure resources around the world to be traded in a global market? Yup the US does this. At least the US tried and sometimes succeeds at building institutions and helping the populace.
They American government did the worst . They kill leaders and destabilize a country and take over everything.
@@jaggerpirtle3766 that is imperialism my guy. Half the countries listed in this video have been weaken by decades of this "benevolent" imperialism.
This really looks like evolution of what Black Water was back in it's day. Being able to to take more than military contracts really is something else.
honestly the whole part about going into war torn countries and advancing business interests under the guise of helping them sounds exactly like what the US is doing too hahaha
Well… now that he’s dead…. Guess we need a part 2!
How do you know?
WSJ should also cover Black Water.
Their working for the deep state. So I think you are asking for too much
Why?
There are numerous documentaries on Black Water. You just like to downplay this group’s crimes
@@SassanMedia are you really from iraq?
ah yes onewhataboutism at its finest how about that both are horrible and should be jailed
“Wagner Expert, New America” 🤣🤣🤣
US BIG MAD when somebody beats them with their own politics
A similar documentary should be made about Sandline international. A very close friend of mine fought for them and won many distinctions back in the 1990s.
Just watched one last night. On UA-cam. It's way old from 1997.
The Americans and French have done this for years so I really don’t understand… is it because they have been chased away?
Wagner is a state-backed paramilitary cartel of legalized criminal terrorists exactly like 👉 American BlackWater (aka Academi, aka Xe Services, aka Triple Canopy, aka Constellis Group). 😒
it's simple.
usakistan and its white supremacist lackeys have basically ruled russia not be non-white now(even when they are indeed white). so they treat russia like they would treat a non-white nation.
if a white country attacks its neighbours it's just "securing it's borders against potentially aggressive actors". if a non-white country attacks it's neighbours it's "a vile act of imperialist aggression"
It's different with the USA, because it's their nation's mission to bring democracy all over the world.
What is permitted to Jove is not permitted to an ox.
Watching this feels so weird, Wagner portrayed as something evil which it is, that Russia is controlling. But it makes me think, what US has been doing with its own Private military contractors like Xe-Blackwater in the similar countries which have security issues? Both Russia and US have been playing the same game.
It's liberal bias.
Yes, but it’s different cause murica is all about democracy even when they do exact same thing.
now do one about blackwater
now do one about blackfire
WSJ finally gives a good report
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It hits totally different when Wagner is on it's way to Moscow.
It reminds me of Lenin's famous quote:
"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen".
I thought of the exact same quote when I heard the news. We are living in history
They turned around from Moscow check the news
i know its just bc im a democrat or w/e but i just really hope ukraine ends up with there freedom = /
@@EyeOfThePhi My dear Ukraine was broke long ago. Been pillaged by their own corrupt governments and oligarchs since 1991 USSR independence. Yankees as usual, used this opportunity against Russia their old enemy. Very simple, the rest is BS. The tragedy is people of Ukraine been brainwashed since since 2014 Maidan coup paid by US. Yankees paid $100 each participant daily to protest on MIDAN. This is fantastic sum in terms what locals where earning, about monthly salary at the time.
uhm, well, too much has happened in the last few decades...
Need more documentaries like this
Need a documentary like this about the mercenary company named "Blackwater".
@@anr287 😢现实真有黑水公司吗？早就听说过这个黑暗的雇佣兵集团
@@jasonhuntchicago haha there is always an empty head in these comments
@@anr287 Not a mercenary company.
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Very interesting watch post Prigozhin's death.