'Half Patriot, Half Traitor': Wagner Fighters Reflect on Botched Rebellion With Resentment, Uncertainty
“Will I be able to shoot at my comrades?” Vlad was tormented by this question during the events of June 24, as a convoy of rebel mercenaries led by Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin advanced on Moscow and Russia seemed on the brink of civil war. A former Wagner fighter, Vlad, who asked that his name be changed for security reasons, is now serving in the Russian military — hence his fear that he could have been sent to defend the capital from his former comrades-in-arms. Following the mutiny, which ended in a deal for Prigozhin and his men to go to exile in Belarus, four former a...
Source: themoscowtimes.com
