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I had a good day yesterday, watching 4 films :)

"The Last First: Winter K2" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39150288/) - a rather heavy one to start with, about an expedition up the #mountain #K2 that goes badly wrong.

Next was "The Wind's Thirst" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39172060/), about some indigenous Colombians at the mercy of #coal extraction and #WindFarm projects redirecting river water and subjecting them to violence.

"Hell's Army" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39830102/) - was very interesting - about the origins of the #WagnerGroup and their involvement in various wars.
In the Q&A afterwards, they said that some former Wagner Group members are now security on #Russia's "Shadow Fleet" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_shadow_fleet).

Last was "Notes From The Underground" (https://www.sheffdocfest.com/film/notes-underground) about the #HipHop music scene in #CapeTown and how it developed under #apartheid up to the present day.
In their Q&A they said they spent 34 days in 2017 filming, but lost all the footage in the burglary :( After mourning for a while, they then had to go back and shoot it all again.

There were loads of other interesting-looking films I would like to watch, but I could only make the Sunday :(

There was also a #BurningMan series on #HBO (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29033873) that they showed a couple of episodes from, but I was too late to get tickets. I really need to look out for that as my mate said it was good!

#FilmFestival #Documentary #Sheffield

The damaging election that shows how Putin’s global reach is crumbling

Election results early this week in a former part of the Soviet Union have struck a further blow…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Armenia #Iran #Russia #Russia-Ukrainewar #VladimirPutin #WagnerGroup #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/589862/

“ #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

Yeah, I read rags like "Soldiers Of Fortune" so you don't have to.

#ErikPrince #WagnerGroup #USPol #WorldPol

#documentary #HellsArmy abt #Russia #WagnerGroup & The Rise Of #MercenaryArmies

#DemocracyNow

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-p2kimB4zS0&pp=0gcJCUELAYcqIYzv

Far from restoring Russia's great-power status, the Ukraine war has left Russia stretched so thin that it has repeatedly failed to fulfill its commitments to partners and allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/18/world/russia-loses-friends-and-global-influence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #russia #ukraine #vladimirputin #kazakhstan #nato #armenia #azerbaijan #india #iran #us #israel #syria #basharassad #wagnergroup #africa #viktororban #serbia #aleksandarvucic #volodymyrzelenskyy #russiaukrainewar

Russia is expanding influence in Africa through the Wagner Group—using security deals, resource extraction, and reported human rights abuses to strengthen its geopolitical reach.

More here: https://authormulhall.com/russias-wagner-group-and-its-strategic-influence-in-africa/

#Russia #WagnerGroup #Africa #Geopolitics #HumanRights #War #Security #ForeignPolicy

In ‘Hell’s Army,’ Intrepid Journalists Investigate Brutal Wagner Group, Russia’s Merciless Mercenary Army – CPH:DOX
#Documentary #Festivals #News #Hell039sArmy #RichardRowley #WagnerGroup #YevgenyPrighozin

https://deadline.com/2026/03/hells-army-exclusive-clip-1236748693/

Years of Starlink support ripped away

https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/1793468/years-of-starlink-support-ripped-away

Rot in hell, Pringles

https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/1767354/rot-in-hell-pringles

🌍 From Kyiv to Caracas — Putin’s shadow stretches across continents.
A Russian military aircraft lands in Venezuela as Trump’s U.S. buildup looms in the Caribbean.
Global tensions spike — is Latin America the next battleground?
#VenezuelaCrisis #WagnerGroup #Putin #Geopolitics #USvsRussia
https://news24media.org/putin-sends-wagner-group-to-venezuela/

So, hubby just reminded me that things did NOT end well with #Prigozhin and the #WagnerGroup . Apparently, they complained about not getting enough weapons in their attacks against #Ukraine, and Putin had a plane containing most of them (including Prigozhin) taken down! Oooops!

#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

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Seeing war through the lens of Putin’s narcissism — ‘Torture was not just cruel, it was inhuman’ — Ukrainian soldier dies weeks after release from Russian captivity — Ukraine sanctions 5 Chinese firms for supplying components used in Russian drones — Russia’s Black Sea Fleet shrinks presence in key Crimean bay — Russia’s crude exports fall to lowest level since February … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/wednesday-july-9-2025/

fun facts about #Telegram's Pavel Durov...

#Mirilashvili #putin #oligarchs #VK #russia #VladimirPutin #socialmedia #paveldurov #TON #wagnergroup

#OnThisDay in 2023, Russian leader #VladimirPutin vows to bring leaders of the #WagnerGroup rebellion to justice, saying they wanted "to see Russia choked in bloody strife".

#OnThisDay in 2023, #WagnerGroup mercenaries led by #YevgenyPrigozhin rebel against #VladimirPutin’s government, march towards Moscow, only a last minute deal by Aleksander #Lukashenko gets them to stand down and move to Belarus.