TV series
The Rise of Wagner
2023, French, on ARTE.
This suspenseful documentary thriller tells the story of the fearless Russian journalists, who risked their lives investigating civilian deaths in Syria and the Central African Republic and revealed to the world through it the existence of a dangerous group of mercenaries in charge of the Kremlin's clandestine operations. Helped by international investigators they could expose Putin’s clandestine militia. Following their fight for the truth alongside the reports of human rights defenders, the documentary discovers how this secret militia became the infamous shadowy army known as Wagner Group and the rise of its powerful leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 2
- Episode length
- 52 min
- Status
- Ended in 2023
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Latest episode
S1 E2: Episode 2
Aired 6 June 2023
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Marat GabidullinSelf - Interviewee · 2 ep
- Dmitri MourativSelf - Interviewee · 2 ep
- Denis KorotkovSelf - Interviewee · 2 ep
- Lilia YapparovaSelf - Interviewee · 2 ep
- Alain BarluetSelf - Interviewee · 2 ep
- Sorcha MacLeodSelf - Interviewee · 2 ep
- Mikhail KhodorkovskySelf - Interviewee · 2 ep
- Mazen DarwishSelf - Interviewee · 2 ep
- Jelena AparacSelf - Interviewee · 2 ep
- Ilya BarabanovSelf - Interviewee · 2 ep
- Andrei KonyakhinSelf - Interviewee · 2 ep
- Andrey ZakharovSelf - Interviewee · 2 ep
Details
- First aired
- 6 June 2023
- Last aired
- 6 June 2023
- Network
- ARTE
- Original title
- Wagner, les mercenaires de la Russie
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
- Type
- Documentary
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The Rise of Wagner has 1 season and 2 episodes, about 52 minutes each.
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Yes. The Rise of Wagner ended in 2023, so you can watch the whole story.
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