“Putin’s Sledgehammer” Reveals How the Wagner Group Became So Powerful it Threatened Him
Candace Rondeaux joins Nick Schifrin to discuss her new book on the Wagner Group’s rise, fall, and its entanglement with Vladimir Putin.
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Unfinished Empire
Candace Rondeaux’s Putin’s Sledgehammer offers a forensic account of the Wagner Group’s rise and fall, reviews The Irish Times.
Putin’s Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia’s Collapse into Mercenary Chaos with Candace Rondeaux
Candace Rondeaux exposes how Russia’s Wagner Group became a weapon of war, crime, and propaganda in her deep dive with Secrets and Spies.
Putin’s Shadow Armies Have Set Their Sights Beyond Ukraine
The New York Times reviews Putin’s Sledgehammer, a penetrating account of Prigozhin’s life and Wagner’s rise in Putin’s Russia.
Putin’s Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group & Russia’s Collapse into Mercenary Chaos
Candace Rondeaux examines Russia’s descent into mercenary chaos in her latest book, Putin’s Sledgehammer.
The Legal Counteroffensive to Russia’s Hybrid War
Candace Rondeaux reveals how Wagner has morphed from a brutal mercenary outfit into a covert arm of Russian intelligence.
Trump’s Global Funding Cuts Leave a Void in Africa For Rivals to Exploit
Senior Director Candace Rondeaux gave the Washington Post background on Russia and the Wagner Group’s presence in the Sahel.
Criminal Proxies: The Hidden Hand of States
Candace Rondeaux explains why the Russian government relies on proxy actors like the Wagner Group.
Unmasking Maskov: How Bellingcat Found a Man Outfitting Russian Neo-Nazis
Senior Director Candace Rondeaux features as an expert source in Bellingcat’s research into Wagner-linked H8Core.
The Wagner Group’s Inner Circle
Behind Wagner’s global operations: the Russian officials who made it possible.