'Putin's Sledgehammer' reveals how Wagner Group gained power
Season 2025
Episode 146
About the Episode
A new book delves deep into the rise and fall of the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group and its close ties to Vladimir Putin. Nick Schifrin sat down with Candace Rondeaux, author of "Putin's Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia’s Collapse into Mercenary Chaos."
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