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Russians Upset Soldier Executed with a Hammer
His name was Yevgeny Nuzhin. He was a convicted murderer who joined the Wagner Group’s fight in Ukraine. Promised that if he fought for six months, he would be a free man, he was also warned that certain crimes in the war zone were punishable by death.
One of those crimes was desertion. The Wagner Group released a video showing Nuzhin with his head taped to a brick. He confesses to his crime and then another Wagner soldier crushes his head with a sledgehammer.
Putin’s buddy, chef, and maybe Russia’s next leader waxed film critic in his assessment of the video.
“It seems to me that this film should be called: ‘A dog dies a dog’s death,’” said Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is the financier of Wagner Group and is considered a close ally of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president.
“It was an excellent directional piece of work, watched in one breath. I hope no animals were harmed during filming (Wagner Mercenary Brutally Executed).”
The sledgehammer has become the Wagner Group’s calling card of sorts.
To me, it is just proof that the crimes against humanity in places like Bucha and so many other towns and villages were committed by…
