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Le Figaro
was the first French newspaper to tell the story of Marat Gabidullin, in June 2021. A little over a year later, this former mercenary of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner puts down his memories in an autobiographical book which appears in France published by Michel Lafon.
This is the first time that a man has recounted in detail his experience of this organization, the unofficial armed wing of the Kremlin.
Now settled in France, he keeps his family in a secret place and remains on his guard in the event of poisoning.
Marat Gabidullin, on May 11 in Paris.
STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
Marat Gabidullin describes Wagner's fighters as older and more seasoned mercenaries than regular soldiers.
“
Without Wagner, the Russian army would not be able to achieve success in Ukraine
,” he assures us.
Before fighting in Syria, the man was deployed to Ukraine, in Lugansk, in 2015. "
What I saw there did not correspond in any way to what we had been told
," he explains to
Die Welt
who has it for a long time…
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