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'Putin's Sledgehammer' reveals how Wagner Group gained power

Season 2025 Episode 146 | 9m 19s

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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