Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to have published his first recruitment video for the Wagner Group since organizing a short-lived mutiny against President Vladimir Putin and defense officials in Russia.
Posted: Aug 22, 2023 8:46 AM EDT | Last Updated: 21 minutes ago
Prigozhin moved into the global spotlight in June with a dramatic, short-lived rebellion that posed the most serious threat to President Vladimir Putin of the Russian leader's 23-year rule. The Wagner founder long benefited from Putin's powerful patronage, including while he built a private army that fought for Russian interests abroad and participated in some of the deadliest battles of the war in Ukraine.
In the video posted Monday, the person who appears to be Prigozhin says Wagner is, "giving ISIS, al-Qaeda and other gangsters hell" in 50 degree temperatures.
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