The dangerous world of the Wagner Group - Washington Examiner

The dangerous world of the Wagner Group - Washington Examiner

In his famed 16th-century tract The Prince, the Florentine diplomat and author Niccolò Machiavelli warned that mercenaries are “dangerous,” for they are “disunited, ambitious and without discipline, unfaithful and valiant before friends” while being “cowardly before enemies.” Soldiers of fortune, Machiavelli claimed, “have neither the fear of God nor fidelity to men.” Death is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare…

The dangerous world of the Wagner Group

In his famed 16th-century tract The Prince, the Florentine diplomat and author Niccolò Machiavelli warned that mercenaries are “dangerous,” for they are “disunited, ambitious and without discipline, unfaithful and valiant before friends” while being “cowardly before enemies.” Soldiers of fortune, Machiavelli claimed, “have neither the fear of God nor fidelity to men.” Death is Our... The post The dangerous world of the Wagner Group appeared firs…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a very clear warning to foreign mercenaries fighting on the side of the Ukrainians.

Putin declares Geneva convention doesn't protect foreign mercenaries fighting for Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that foreign mercenaries fighting in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) are not protected under the 1949 Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War. The statement, made during a high-level military briefing at a command post of the Kursk group of troops, underscores Russia’s hardening […]

Putin issues warning to foreign mercenaries - The Press United | International News Analysis, Viewpoint

Any combatant committing crimes against civilians on Russian soil will be treated as a terrorist, the president has stated Foreign mercenaries fighting for Kiev should be aware that they do not have the same legal protections under international law as regular Ukrainian combatants, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a visit to the Kursk Region. […] The post Putin issues warning to foreign mercenaries appeared first on The Press United …

The Russian president announced big plans for the Kursk region. He promised humane treatment for Ukrainian prisoners of war, but not for foreign mercenaries.