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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
National
Niko Vorobyov

Shrouded in secrecy for years, Russia’s Wagner Group opens up

Marat Gabidullin, a member of the Wagner Group, shown here on a previous mission in Syria [Courtesy of Marat Gabidullin/Al Jazeera]

On paper, the Wagner Group, a Russian network providing fighters for hire, does not exist.

It does not file tax returns, its alleged backers deny any connection to it and officially, private military companies (PMCs) are illegal in Russia.

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