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Vladimir Putin has admitted that the Russian state paid billions of dollars to fund the operations of the Wagner paramilitary group, the Financial Times reports. The paper says that, “after years of denials”, Russia’s president confirmed the group had been “completely financed” from the Kremlin, adding that he is moving to subsume Wagner into the official military following the mutiny over the weekend.

Financial Times Front Page 24th of July 2024

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