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Published 2 years ago

Wagner Group: Head of Russian mercenary group filmed recruiting in prison

Summary by Ground News
Yevgeniy Prigozhin can be seen addressing a large group of detainees. Told prisoners their sentences would be commuted in exchange for service with his group. He warned potential recruits against desertion and said "we will execute you" It is unclear who filmed the video, when it occurred or how it was released. But the BBC has geolocated the footage to a penal colony.

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Wagner Group: Head of Russian mercenary group filmed recruiting in prison

Yevgeniy Prigozhin offered prisoners their freedom in exchange for six months service in Ukraine.

2 years ago·United Kingdom
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South China Morning PostSouth China Morning Post

Video shows head of Wagner mercenary group recruiting at Russian prison

Surrounded by prisoners, a man identified as Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of a shadowy mercenary group, makes this pitch: come fight in Ukraine and be rewarded with your freedom – if you can make it back alive.

2 years ago·Hong Kong
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IBTimesIBTimes

Video Shows 'Putin's Chef' Recruiting Russian Prisoners For Ukraine War, Offers Them Pardon

The video showed Yevgenii Prigozhyn promising prisoners that they will be free after serving six months in the war in Ukraine.

2 years ago·United States
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Business InsiderBusiness Insider

Video shows the head of a shadowy mercenary group recruiting at a Russian prison, offering inmates freedom if they fight in Ukraine but death if they run

Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company, offers the men a pardon after six months of fighting — if they make it back alive.

2 years ago·United States
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Putin's friend and head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, which recruits prisoners to fight in Ukraine

Prigozhin explains to the defendants that those who accept his proposal will be pardoned without having to serve their sentences to the end

2 years ago·Spain
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Noticias de NavarraNoticias de Navarra

A mercenary group recruits Russian prisoners to fight in Ukraine in exchange for a pardon from Putin

A video released by the Russian opposition team Alexei Navalni states that the person in charge of the recruitment is businessman Evgueni Progozhin, who is called Putin's “chef” for organizing his official banquets

2 years ago·Pamplona, Spain
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