Samantha De Bendern

The Briefing Room's David Aaronovitch is joined by a team of experts to find out more about the Wagner group, the mysterious private organisation, that's acknowledged by the Russian government to have been supplying soldiers to fight its war in Ukraine. Wagner's leader, Yevgheny Prigozhin, was once known as Vladimir Putin's 'chef'. Soldiers fighting for him won the battle for Soledar - one of few military successes for Russia in Ukraine in recent months. Has his prowess on the battlefield re-invigorated Russia's army - or turned Prigozhin into a potential rival to Putin?Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room are: Samantha De Bendern, Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House Joana De Deus Pereira,Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute Europe Marina Miron, Post-doctoral researcher at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London Andras Racz, Senior Research Fellow of the German Council on Foreign Relations in BerlinProduced by: Daniel Gordon, Ben Carter, Kirsteen Knight Edited by: Richard Vadon Sound engineer: James BeardPHOTO: Graffiti praising soldiers from the Wagner Group (Getty)

Samantha de Bendern, chercheuse en relations internationales, explore les enjeux militaires entre Moscou et l'OTAN. Dominique Trinquant, ancien chef de mission militaire à l'ONU, analyse l'utilisation des menaces nucléaires comme outil de guerre hybride. Philippe Gély, journaliste, aborde les risques d'un éloignement des États-Unis et la fragilité des relations transatlantiques. Marion Van Renterghem révèle les manœuvres de Poutine pour transformer la diplomatie en opportunité d'affaires, renforçant ainsi les tensions russo-européennes.