Reuters: Video shows sledgehammer execution of Russian mercenary (Wagner)
I think some folks are minimizing the evil perpetrated by Putin's private army the Wagner group in comments regarding the designation of the mercenary group as a 'transnational criminal organization." They are not merely a private military contractor. Rather, Putin is also using them to instill discipline and inspire terror among Russian conscripts such as when they released a video of Russian defector who was caught then executed through a video tape of him being interviewed then having his skill crushed with sledgehammer midway through the interview.
At the same time, you could see why folks like Tucker Carlson might totally get off on this sort of thing in supporting Putin.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sledgehammer-execution-russian-mercenary-who-defected-ukraine-shown-video-2022-11-13/
Prigozhin, a Russian businessman who founded the Wagner private military group, was responding to an unverified video distributed on Telegram that showed a man identified as a former Wagner mercenary being executed after admitting that he had changed sides in September to "fight against the Russians".
In the footage, the man, who gave his name as Yevgenny Nuzhin, 55, was shown with his head taped to a brick wall. He said he was abducted in Kyiv on Oct. 11 and came around in a cellar.
"I got hit over the head and lost consciousness and came around in this cellar," he said. "They told me I was to be tried." As he said those words, an unidentified man loitering in combat clothing behind Nuzhin, smashed a sledgehammer into the side of his head and neck.
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