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Came to Earn a Living, Sent to Die: DIU Identifies Two Eliminated russian Mercenaries from Kyrgyzstan
Came to Earn a Living, Sent to Die: DIU Identifies Two Eliminated russian Mercenaries from Kyrgyzstan 4 August 2026 The aggressor state russia continues to actively recruit labor migrants for its… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
A new court case might hold Mali responsible for the mercenaries it invited in
Mali’s accountability does not turn on whether it ordered the Moura killings. It turns on what Mali did, and failed to do, as the sovereign authority responsible for what happens on its own territory: whether it took steps to prevent harm from forces it deliberately contracted, investigated the killings once they were documented, prosecuted those responsible, and provided any remedy to survivors. Continue reading
A Symptom and Instrument of Foreign Power
In an era increasingly defined by deniable warfare, proxy forces, and the blurring of state and non-state violence, Moscow’s Mercenaries: The Rise and Fall of the Wagner Group offers a compelling and authoritative examination of one of the most consequential security phenomena of the early twenty-first century. Continue reading
Sanctioned Russian ship delivers armored vehicles to Mali
Verified video broadcast by Mali’s state television on July 25 showed a large convoy of armored vehicles arriving in the capital, Bamako Continue reading
A mercenary from Latvia was sentenced in the DPR
A mercenary from Latvia was sentenced in the DPR July 31st, 2026 23:40 Women in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Photo: Serhii Hudak / ukrinform / Keystone Press… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Rights group accuses Russia’s Africa Corps of unlawful strike that killed civilians in Mali
Rights group accuses Russia’s Africa Corps of unlawful strike that killed civilians in Mali According to HRW, an aircraft dropped two munitions over the village. One struck the village chief’s compound,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Mali: Russia’s ‘Africa Corps’ Airstrikes Kill Civilians
The Russian government-controlled, that Africa Corps carried out airstrikes in central Mali on June 15, 2026killed eight civilians, including three children, in an apparently unlawful attack, Human Rights Watch said today Continue reading
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MORAN SECURITY GROUP
✦ DOSSIER MORAN SECURITY GROUP A Consolidated & Fact-Checked Corporate Profile of a Russian Maritime PMSC Prepared by the Directorate of PMSC Analysis Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire — iissonline.net 31… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Dogs of war: Russia’s corporate warriors in armed conflicts
Dogs of war: Russia’s corporate warriors in armed conflicts Metadata 14 June 2023 Reading time: 24 minutes By: Andreas Heinemann-Grüder Brief_10_Private military companies (1).pdf Hardly any war has ever been fought… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Putin’s Invisible Army
THE WARSAW INSTITUTE REVIEW Date: 30 March 2018 Author: Grzegorz Kuczyński Putin’s Invisible Army As far as the law is concerned, they are acting illegally, yet the state willingly utilizes… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
