The Latest Breaking News from Marat Gabidullin

How Russia is recruiting Wagner fighters to continue war in Ukraine

After the mysterious death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin is urging mercenaries to sign contracts and swear allegiance to Russia

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2023

After Prigozhin humiliated Putin, the question was how he survived so long

The Wagner leader appeared down but not out in the months after his mutiny, but his fate may have been sealed from the start

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2023

Wagner fighters said to be returning to Ukraine bases as recruitment continues

Mercenaries are ‘recovering, eating and repairing gear’, says source, as some Russian officials call for them to be disarmed

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023

Six months since Russia invaded Ukraine: What’s next?

Experts analyse the past six months and predict how the conflict may evolve.

Al Jazeera · Aug 24, 2022

The real role of pro-Russian Chechens in Ukraine

Known as Kadyrovtsy after their leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the fighters are said to be brutal and delusional.

Al Jazeera · Aug 18, 2022

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

The mysterious network of mercenaries is embracing an ever-public image as the war on Ukraine drags on.

Al Jazeera · Aug 10, 2022

Russia’s private military contractor Wagner comes out of the shadows in Ukraine war

Mercenary group does not officially exist but is playing a more public role and openly recruiting in Russia

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022

An ex-member of one of the world's most dangerous mercenary groups has gone public

The Wagner Group, known as "Putin's shadow army," has come to the world's attention because of the Ukraine war. Marat Gabidullin, who left Wagner after fighting in Syria, has written a book about it.

WEKU · Jun 6, 2022

Former Russian mercenary lifts lid on secretive Wagner Group

Marat Gabidullin is the first combatant from private Russian paramilitary company Wagner to break rank and talk publicly about the secretive organisation. He recounts his four years as a mercenary in eastern Ukraine and Syria in his memoir In the Same River Twice, now available in French.

Radio France Internationale · May 21, 2022

Russian troops ill-prepared for Ukraine war, says ex-Kremlin mercenary

The Russian military's failure to seize the Ukrainian capital was inevitable because in the preceding years they had never directly faced a powerful enemy, according to a former mercenary with the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group who fought alongside the Russian army.

Reuters · May 10, 2022