Wagner, Putin's Shadow Army

Wagner, Putin's Shadow Army

79 mins | Documentary | Feb. 16, 2022

Wagner does not exist. At least not officially. However, after months of investigation and for the first time, Alexandra Jousset and Ksenia Bolchakova plunge us into the heart of this secret army. This film is an investigation into the Russian private military company Wagner. Deployed on all the hot spots of the planet. Its thousands of mercenaries are the armed arm of a Russia that dreams of being great again, applying the recipes learned by Vladimir Putin at the KGB: destabilize and disinform.

Wagner, Putin's Shadow Army

79 mins | Documentary | Feb. 16, 2022

Wagner, Putin's Shadow Army
Wagner does not exist. At least not officially. However, after months of investigation and for the first time, Alexandra Jousset and Ksenia Bolchakova plunge us into the heart of this secret army. This film is an investigation into the Russian private military company Wagner. Deployed on all the hot spots of the planet. Its thousands of mercenaries are the armed arm of a Russia that dreams of being great again, applying the recipes learned by Vladimir Putin at the KGB: destabilize and disinform.
Producers CAPA
Original title Wagner, l’armée de l’ombre de Poutine
Directors Ksenia Bolchakova, Alexandra Jousset
Writers Ksenia Bolchakova, Alexandra Jousset

Cast

Vladimir Putin

as Self (archive footage)

Ruslan Leviev

as Self, Russian military analyst, Conflict Intelligence Team

Kevin Limonier

as Self, associate professor

Vasili

as Self, Wagner Group recruiter

Rima

as Self, mother of Sergei Makarov

Catherine Welton

as Self, author of 'Putin's People

Denis Korotkov

as Self, Novaya Gazeta journalist

Dmitry Utkin

as Self (archive footage)

Jean-Serge Bokassa

as Self, former Minister of the Interior, Central African Republic

Faustin-Archange Touadéra

as Self, President of the Central African Republic

Suzanne

as Self, mother of four children

Ahmed

as Self, eyewitness for murder committed by Wagner Group

Stanislav Dychko

as Self, torture murderer (archive footage)

Adam

as Self, gold mining industry whistleblower

Aleksandr Radchenko

as Self, father of murdered Russian investigative journalist

Didier Castres

as Self, French Army General (retired)