• 187. The Wagner Group: Rise and Fall of a Russian Mercenary Collective with John Lechner

  • Mar 10 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
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187. The Wagner Group: Rise and Fall of a Russian Mercenary Collective with John Lechner

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  • Today Justin talks to John Lechner. John graduated from Georgetown University with a master's degree in foreign service. He speaks several languages, including Russian, French, Turkish, and Georgian. He now works as an independent journalist and his reporting has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, BBC, and many more. He's here to discuss the story of the rise of the Wagner Group, aRussian mercenary private military company that grew in a few short years from just a handful of fighters to a combined arms force large enough to become a threat to the Russian government itself.


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