A Comprehensive Introduction to the Wagner Group: Unraveling the Mystery

The Wagner Group is a Russian private military company, founded in 2014 by Dmitry Utkin, a former Russian military officer, has been active in several conflicts around the world, including Ukraine, Syria, and Libya. Utkin is thought to have taken the nom de guerre “Wagner” after the German composer Richard Wagner, who was an inspiration for the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. The group is funded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Entrapped

Indeed, even this benevolent soul who with the passage of time fell for his abductor, did not voluntarily stroll into the net. The hunters, like the commanders on the battlefield, go great lengths to persuade their game walk into the killing zone. It’s quite a feat, and some of us obviously like to claim credit – even if the prey got into trouble without our help.
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The Bedouin Bluff

Imran Khan’s wilting under Saudi pressure to absent himself from an important conference in Malaysia, was unwise. But if he was now having second thoughts and actually pulled-off an about-turn, he would not only get back to the right side of geography, the mother of history, but would also be calling the Bedouin Bluff.
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