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Instrument of using force. i cannot say it's an army in the proper sense of that word. it's just a fighting unit that will do anything that putin says. >> reporter: this is the first time a former wagner employee has agreed to speak on camera. and oleg asked us to disguise his identity. private military contractors are illegal in russia. officially wagner doesn't exist. but cnn has discovered the group has hundreds of viters operating on three different continents, and this is the man believed to be behind that expansion. dubbed putin's chef because of lucrative catering contracts with the kre...