Novaya Gazeta: War crimes by Wagner captured on video

Novaya Gazeta – October 19, 2021 Original article The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation ignores the statement and complaints of Abdullah Elismail, the brother of Syrian Mohammed Elismail, who was killed by alleged militants of the Wagner PMC in 2017. This is stated in the statement of the human rights center “Memorial”* and lawyers…
Former Ukrainian intelligence officers spent seven years compiling a database of Russia’s notorious mercenaries. We found the parents, siblings and widows of those killed in battle New Lines Magazine – Michael Weisse, Holger Roonemaa, Mattias Carlsson, Liliana Botnariuc, Pierre Vaux – December 19th, 2021 Original Article “If you’d have come here to tell me that…
Lawsuit filed against mercenaries of the Wagner Group. Impunity has to stop. FIDH – March 22, 2021 Original Report After a Syrian citizen was tortured, mutilated and killed by mercenaries allegedly working for the private military company (PMC) Wagner, his family filed a lawsuit against the individuals who committed these crimes. The International Federation for…
The Moscow Times – December 13th, 2021 Original Article European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to slap sanctions on targets linked to the Russian private military company Wagner, accused of acting to destabilize Ukraine and parts of Africa. The group itself, said by Western capitals to work on behalf of the Kremlin in conflict…
How a shady network of operatives serves as the tip of the spear in Russia’s global influence efforts with almost no accountability. Amy Mackinnon – Foreign Policy – June 11, 2020 Original Article Late last November, videos of a gruesome killing went viral on Russian social networks. The shaky cell phone footage taken at al-Shaer…
A murder in Syria might finally prove that the Kremlin is responsible for human rights violations by the Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries Ilya Nuzov – Open Democracy – 26 March 2021 Original Article In June 2017, a video emerged online of several Russian-speaking men in camouflage uniforms beating an unarmed civilian with a sledgehammer,…