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“ #HellsArmy”: New Film Tracks #Russia’s #WagnerGroup & Rise of #MercenaryArmies

June 12, 2026

"We speak with Oscar-nominated filmmaker #RickRowley about his new documentary, Hell’s Army. The film tracks the Wagner Group, the notorious Russian mercenary army that has fought in #Ukraine and other parts of the world. The group’s founder, #YevgenyPrigozhin, was a confidant to Putin until a failed 2023 mutiny against the government. He died in a suspicious plane crash two months later.

" 'We realized that he could be killed, the leader of this army could be killed, but its model continues,' says Rowley. 'Around the world, #oligarchs are turning to mercenary armies, and it’s a scourge that needs to be stopped.'

"Hell’s Army has its North American premiere Friday in Washington, D.C."

Read / watch / listen:
http://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/12/hells_army

#PMCWagner #ErikPrince #Mercenaries #Blackwater #Oligarchy #ГруппаВагнера #Prigozhin #CorporateColonialism #ErikPrinceColonialism #PrivateSecurity

#Blackwater Founder #ErikPrince Talks About Wagner, War, and More

By Greg Chabot, July 24, 2022

"After the success of this program [Blackwater], Prince was approached by officials in Russia asking for his help to start up a PMC. Prince turned down the generous offer that he says could have made him a billionaire. The #PMC nevertheless formed, he says, and is known as the #Wagner Group."

https://sofmag.com/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-talks-about-wagner-group/

#WagnerGroup #PMCWagner
#TrumpIsARussianAsset
#AntiWoke #ChristoFacists #ChristoFascism #Mercernaries #Prigozhin

#PMCWagner isn't just emulating #ErikPrince, he was asked to found them (more about that in my next post)...

#Putin’s “Erik Prince” is tied to some of #Russia’s riskiest covert operations

By Greg Walters, February 21, 2018

Excerpt: "In #Syria, a mysterious private military firm called PMC Wagner has been tied to #Prigozhin. The firm is sometimes described as the Russian #Blackwater in reference to the U.S. private military contractor founded by Erik Prince, a likeness Prigozhin appears to be emulating, according to Nance."

https://www.vice.com/en/article/putins-erik-prince-is-tied-to-some-of-russias-riskiest-covert-operations/

#WagnerGroup #Putin #TrumpIsARussianAsset #AntiWoke #ChristoFacists #ChristoFascism #Mercernaries