The Rise of Wagner (2023)

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.

Cast (28)CrewGenresDetailsMediaAwards

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

O

Oleg Orlov

Self - Interviewee

C

Clémence Bectarte

Self - Interviewee

A

Alexandre Radchenko

Self - Interviewee

R

Roman Radchenko

Self - Interviewee

A

Abdallah

Self - Interviewee

A

Anna

Self - Interviewee

Y

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

D

Dmitry Utkin

Self (archive footage)

S

Stanislav Yevgenyevich Dychko

Self (archive footage)

K

Kirill Radchenko

Self (archive footage)

V

Viktor Yanukovych

Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Laura Bush

Self (archive footage)

Jacques Chirac

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Yves Le Drian

Self (archive footage)

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