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CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Moscow is moving to oust some of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s closest allies from key posts.
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‘MESSY’
“The last thing the government wants to see at the moment is the exit of Russia from the country,” an official from the Central African Republic told The Daily Beast.
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‘DISASTER’
Putin has only a few friends left on the international stage and this massacre could kill off the backing he needs to have any chance in Ukraine.
‘PLEAD FOR MERCY’
Russia’s army of mercenaries has been roiled by a rape scandal. And this time, the allegations are coming from soldiers who fought alongside them.
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‘MY BOYS’
The Wagner Group is allegedly getting back at fighters who left the private mercenary group by kidnapping their family members.
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DYSTOPIAN
Girl was sold into a dangerous existence in the criminal underworld after Facebook delayed taking down a people-trafficking ad.
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LIVING NIGHTMARE
20-year-old Claudia Amikwa says she woke up alone and confused in a hotel room after bringing her baby boy to a meeting with a so-called actor. She hasn’t seen her son since.
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WE FOUND HER
The Daily Beast tracked down a teen girl who was sold into sex slavery via a Facebook account—even though the Silicon Valley giant was warned about the ad showing her picture.
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‘NOBODY CAN STOP THEM’
Russian efforts to recruit accused rapists and murderers for Vladimir Putin’s floundering war is now going global, two insiders revealed to The Daily Beast.
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BETRAYAL
Roughly 100 foreign fighters recruited by Vladimir Putin’s private army have been left for dead in Ukraine, two sources in touch with the group told The Daily Beast.