The Rise of Wagner

Name: The Rise of Wagner
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8
Cast: Marat Gabidullin, Dmitri Mourativ, Denis Korotkov, Lilia Yapparova, Alain Barluet

Documentary8.020231 season · 2 episodes

Status: Ended
Language: English, French, Russian
Studio: Forbidden Films

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Episodes

Cast

M
Marat Gabidullin
Self - Interviewee
D
Dmitri Mourativ
Self - Interviewee
D
Denis Korotkov
Self - Interviewee
L
Lilia Yapparova
Self - Interviewee
A
Alain Barluet
Self - Interviewee
S
Sorcha MacLeod
Self - Interviewee
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Self - Interviewee
M
Mazen Darwish
Self - Interviewee
J
Jelena Aparac
Self - Interviewee
I
Ilya Barabanov
Self - Interviewee
A
Andrei Konyakhin
Self - Interviewee
A
Andrey Zakharov
Self - Interviewee

Storyline

This suspenseful documentary thriller tells the story of the fearless Russian journalists, who risked their lives investigating civilian deaths in Syria and the Central African Republic and revealed to the world through it the existence of a dangerous group of mercenaries in charge of the Kremlin's clandestine operations. Helped by international investigators they could expose Putin’s clandestine militia. Following their fight for the truth alongside the reports of human rights defenders, the documentary discovers how this secret militia became the infamous shadowy army known as Wagner Group and the rise of its powerful leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.