160: Empire of Lies (w/Sofia Cherici & Jan Zabka)
Conspirituality
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The Role of the Wagner Group in the Russian Revolution
Gany Progosion is often referred to as Putin's chef. He spent nine years in jail for robbery, and then sold hot dogs alongside his parents in a Leningrad flea market. The founding of the Wagner Group had been ascribed to someone named Dmitry Utkin. Now elements within Wagner are involved in white supremacy and neo-Nazisism. But insiders say that many others within the group also identify as part of a modern, pagan, new religious movement.
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