US Special Envoy Kurt Volker and Kremlin aide Vladislav Surkov met October 7 in Belgrade for talks on the situation in the Donbass.
US Special Envoy Volker and Kremlin Aid Surkov Meet in Belgrade on Donbass; 1 Ukrainian Soldier WIA
October 7, 2017
Tag: Fontanka
Fontanka Investigates Russian Mercenaries Dying For Putin In Syria And Ukraine
March 29, 2016
Russian “private military contractors” (PMCs) are leading major battles, first in Ukraine and now in Syria, reports Fontanka, an independent Saint Petersburg newspaper
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“‘Mercenary’ is Merely a Cover Story for Russian Soldier or Spook”
November 19, 2013
This week, The Interpreter has translated the story of the ‘Slavonic Corps,’ a group of Russian mercenaries recruited in St. Petersburg to go and fight against Syrian rebels. The initial investigation by the St. Petersburg newspaper Fontanka concluded that a private military contractor, Moran Security Group, hired the Hong Kong ‘Slavonic Corps’ to assist the Assad regime in […]
The Last Battle of the “Slavonic Corps”
November 16, 2013
A Syrian rebel group claims that it has ambushed and killed a group of Russian mercenaries who may have been working for a Chinese security contractor. The jihadist fighters from an Al Qaeda affiliate “Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS)” claim to have killed the mercenaries in a battle near Homs. At least […]