Meduza Publishing House is releasing a new book, 'Our Business Is Death,' dedicated to the history of the Wagner PMC. The authors, journalists Ilya Barabanov and Denis Korotkov, have been investigating the private military company and its founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, for many years.
This book tells how a small group of professional political assassins from Donbas transformed over the course of several years into an alternative Russian army, operating on multiple continents—and ultimately staging a mutiny and marching on Moscow. This publication was prepared with the participation of the StraightForward Foundation, which promotes the creation of uncensored non-fiction about Russia.
'Our Business Is Death' is the most comprehensive (and deeply engaging) study of Wagner and Prigozhin. From it you will learn...
- how the mercenaries of the future PMC 'Wagner' appeared in Donbass and what relation they had to the murders of the so-called heroes of the 'Russian Spring';
- were all the Wagnerites as passionate about Nazism as their commander Dmitry Utkin;
- how Prigozhin built his business empire; what kind of port wine he gave to Putin and what kind of cognac he gave to Lavrov
- (and you will also see with your own eyes the estimate of Prigozhin's New Year's gifts to the highest-ranking Russian officials);
- how Prigozhin gained access to Syrian oil - in exchange for protecting Bashar al-Assad;
- under what circumstances did the most secret battle of the Wagner mercenaries take place - with the American (!) army;
- when and why the owner of Wagner mercenaries planned his rebellion against Moscow - and where he miscalculated;
- and why the Wagner PMC has never been a real private military company for a single day in its history.
