Marat Gabidullin, born in Siberia and raised in Uzbekistan, served in Soviet airborne forces till 1994, then spent three years in jail for taking pictures against the law boss. After safety work in Russia, he joined the Wagner Group in 2015, rose to guide a reconnaissance firm, and was badly wounded close to Palmyra in 2016. He later suggested the ISIS Hunters Battalion and fought at Khasham, however stop Wagner in 2019, briefly ran a Redut detachment in Syria, and left disillusioned. Gabidullin’s 2022 memoir denounced Wagner and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; he now lives in France.
Journalist and researcher John Lechner stories from battle zones and focuses on Russian PMCs. His guide Loss of life Is Our Enterprise (Bloomsbury, 2025) charts the rise of Wagner, following earlier work equivalent to Newbie’s Chechen and upcoming Circassian and Sango language texts. A former coverage analyst for the U.S. Fee on Worldwide Spiritual Freedom and an emerging-markets banker at Deutsche Financial institution and Lazard, Lechner holds levels from Harvard (Slavic Languages) and Georgetown (MSFS). Fluent in 5 languages and acquainted with a number of others, he’s a acknowledged skilled on Russian international coverage and has written for The Washington Publish, The New York Instances, The Atlantic, and International Coverage. He lives in Washington, DC.
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00:00 – Introduction
02:43 – The Origins of Wagner Group
03:32 – Prigozhin’s Rise: From Gangster to Army Contractor
07:06 – Wagner Group’s Function in Ukraine
11:32 – Recruitment and Coaching in Wagner Group
20:53 – Wagner Group’s World Operations
28:42 – Syria: The Strategic Transfer
37:17 – The Battle of Kaan: A Conflict with US Forces
55:22 – American Drones and Russian Denial
01:00:51 – US Response and Russian Confusion
01:05:44 – Battle Period and Aftermath
01:07:45 – Gathering the Useless
01:10:43 – Wagner’s Function and Russian Denial
01:14:45 – Leaving Syria and Becoming a member of RAD
01:20:44 – Wagner’s Function in Ukraine
01:23:03 – Prigozhin’s Ambitions and Tensions
01:23:51 – Prisoner Recruitment and Bakhmut
01:28:44 – Battle with Russian Ministry of Protection
01:31:41 – March on Moscow
01:41:29 – Wagner’s Finish and Aftermath
01:45:01 – Remaining Ideas and Message to Putin
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