They train, fight and die in deep secrecy. Since 2012, from Ukraine to the Central African Republic, via Syria, Libya or Madagascar, Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group have been carrying arms in areas where Russia has officially sent no soldiers to fight. Here is our new video investigation.

Collected and analyzed by Le Monde and international investigators, documents shared online make it possible to follow the activity of some members of the Wagner group: fighting in Ukraine with the proRussian, in Syria with Bashar AlAssad, in support of the forces of the Marshal Haftar in Libya, or protecting the President of the Central African Republic ...

This video investigationalso sheds light on some key figures in the organization and financing of Wagner mercenaries: from the group's godfather, the oligarch Yevgeny Prigojine, close to Vladimir Poutine, to Dimitri Sytyi, a young polyglot, parachuted manager of a mining company in the Central African Republic.

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