Series

The Rise of Wagner

2023 · 1 season · Documentary

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.

Marat Gabidullin

Self - Interviewee

Dmitri Mourativ

Self - Interviewee

Denis Korotkov

Self - Interviewee

Lilia Yapparova

Self - Interviewee

Alain Barluet

Self - Interviewee

Sorcha MacLeod

Self - Interviewee

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Self - Interviewee

Mazen Darwish

Self - Interviewee

Jelena Aparac

Self - Interviewee

Ilya Barabanov

Self - Interviewee

Andrei Konyakhin

Self - Interviewee

Andrey Zakharov

Self - Interviewee

Oleg Orlov

Self - Interviewee

Clémence Bectarte

Self - Interviewee

Alexandre Radchenko

Self - Interviewee

Roman Radchenko

Self - Interviewee

• Benoît BringerDirector · Writer
• Laurent RichardProducer
• Mathias DenizoDirector of Photography
• Joseph HaleyDirector of Photography
• Océanne SkaricaDirector of Photography
• Clément TeryOriginal Music Composer
• Soline BraunEditor

First aired

June 6, 2023

Last aired

June 6, 2023

Status

Ended

Original language

French

Episodes

2

Genres

Documentary

• Season 12 episodes · 2023