Inside Wagner: The Rise of Russia's Notorious Mercenaries | VICE Special Report

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  • Inside Wagner is a gripping and definitive look at the group's presence across several continents with a deep dive into the group's operations, personalities, and modus operandi.
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  • @Hot_Soupp
    @Hot_Soupp Před 5 měsíci +2827

    This is the vice I remember watching ~10 years ago. I want more solid journalism with integrity as it's centerpiece.

    • @adammonahan687
      @adammonahan687 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Before it turned into a liberal propaganda machine

    • @YOJO391
      @YOJO391 Před 5 měsíci +73

      For real this is amazing, now they just get too political

    • @brianbertram4198
      @brianbertram4198 Před 5 měsíci

      I dont think they magically got their integrity back.
      I think theyre probably pulling at heart strings as you probably feel a certain way about the war going on.
      I think its probably propaganda made to make us feel a certain way lol.
      You just gotta take things with a grain of salt and understand theyre still bad journalists at vice making things to try and sway thoughts of younger people.

    • @binladen4631
      @binladen4631 Před 5 měsíci +13

      They actually listen to their viewers

    • @eagleclaw1179
      @eagleclaw1179 Před 5 měsíci +29

      Like when they did one on Azov battalion and called it a white nationalist militia and Ukraine the capital of neo Nazis

  • @lettucesalad3560
    @lettucesalad3560 Před 5 měsíci +1017

    Russian strategists: DOn't tell them you're working for Wagner
    Also Russian strategists: Here wear this shirts that say "I'm Wagner"

    • @lettucesalad3560
      @lettucesalad3560 Před 5 měsíci +27

      @@wanderingson Pay attention it was IN THE VIDEO..

    • @apokatastasian2831
      @apokatastasian2831 Před 5 měsíci

      western media: here's two things that don't make sense
      western midwits: I believe it... I are smart and russia is dum dum

    • @agentmueller
      @agentmueller Před 5 měsíci +21

      @@wanderingsonBro I’m neutral on this and don’t buy into the propaganda like most westerners, I even support the Russians mission in the east of Donetsk. But having a pfp of Putin and trying to back pedal the video evidence is a bit wild

    • @agentmueller
      @agentmueller Před 5 měsíci +10

      @@wanderingsonAnd I agree that anything Vice News needs to be taken with a grain of salt. It is extremely biased and if you realize that before you start the video it helps a lot more.

    • @lettucesalad3560
      @lettucesalad3560 Před 5 měsíci

      @@wanderingson Did Russia/Putin Progozhin deny that Wagner was a part of Russia's military prior to 2021? Yes or no? Were the people in the video wearing "Je Suis Wagner" Tshirts?
      What's your source for news? RT?
      June 27, 2023 "'We fully financed this group,' Russian president says. The Wagner Group is fully funded by the Kremlin and received tens of billions of rubles in public money over the past year, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said"

  • @paulfrank9047
    @paulfrank9047 Před 5 měsíci +277

    I swear every other video I hear people saying this is the old vice I missed, but to me their documentaries about foreign conflicts and war zones has always been consistently good. Sure they dabbled in weird videos about influencers in LA, but none of their serious reporters associate with their buzzfeed style videos. An organization like vice has many styles and fields of reporting without much overlap, so that’s why quality can vary so severely.

    • @lamp7746
      @lamp7746 Před 5 měsíci +40

      Because CZcams comments is everyone regurgitating what the top comment(s) say.

    • @timberwolfe1645
      @timberwolfe1645 Před 5 měsíci +1

      It's because their MONEY was being bought for POLITICAL BIAS that they went bankrupt but THESE videos generate real money for them, so they're going back to making what they HAVE been known for making

    • @johnnythropscaut7920
      @johnnythropscaut7920 Před 5 měsíci

      Vice turned into straight up leftist propaganda for awhile

    • @coyotedust
      @coyotedust Před 5 měsíci +2

      No they're Left of Lennon when they cover US issues.

    • @JoeRogansForehead
      @JoeRogansForehead Před 5 měsíci +8

      “Dabbled” ?? Are you serious their whole channel used to be videos like this now maybe a couple times a year you see good conflict documentaries .
      Do you remember when Russia first invaded Crimea that Simon guy had like a 70-80 part documentary series on the conflict ?? And then he was himself kidnapped because the Russians saw it . That was 2014 ish . Warlords of Liberia . All these are old classic documentaries . Even why we fight about the afghan war that only shows the ANA getting high while usa troops are like wtf is even going on.
      Now a days it’s like , why is white milk racist ? Why is Trump the biggest threat to McDonald’s ? Why does Mitch McConnell look like a turtle ?
      The only way you can truly believe this is if you weren’t acrually around in Vices golden age . Because if you were you’d know that 80% of what they put out is junk compared to back then.
      Why do you think they went bankrupt ? They built their media empire on these types or documentaries and when it changed so did the value of the company. THEY WENT BANKRUPT
      FOR CHRIST SAKE

  • @ZetsuboNoShima
    @ZetsuboNoShima Před 5 měsíci +26

    19 years in prison for what seems like a self defense stabbing is insanity to me as an American

    • @originalthundercat4295
      @originalthundercat4295 Před 2 měsíci +1

      No everyone has the right to self defense

    • @ZetsuboNoShima
      @ZetsuboNoShima Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@originalthundercat4295 all humans do it’s nature to defend yourself animals do it all the time, it’s unnatural to lay down and let yourself get killed or beaten

    • @originalthundercat4295
      @originalthundercat4295 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@ZetsuboNoShima and some countries put you in prison for 19 years for that

    • @supermaxir123
      @supermaxir123 Před 2 měsíci +14

      Remember that he can also lie

    • @HeavyRussianAccent
      @HeavyRussianAccent Před měsícem +10

      You don't know all aspects of case. Keep doing fast decisions. You guys so good at it.

  • @clarityhouston3499
    @clarityhouston3499 Před 5 měsíci +902

    Wagner wasnt called in "after the russian military was depleated". Wagner was among the very first wave that went into Ukraine

    • @VB-bs6wm
      @VB-bs6wm Před 5 měsíci

      they were in donetsk before the war started when they denied it. pregoszhyn literally said that in a video. vice are morons

    • @John-mf6ky
      @John-mf6ky Před 5 měsíci +121

      Yup, going back to 2014

    • @squibbelsmcjohnson
      @squibbelsmcjohnson Před 5 měsíci +49

      Exactly... They literally were the military 😂

    • @LordDirus007
      @LordDirus007 Před 5 měsíci +137

      Yeah Wagner was in Ukraine before the war even started. The "Pro Russian Separatist" were just Wagner guys.

    • @JohnJohn-bz1lq
      @JohnJohn-bz1lq Před 5 měsíci +55

      @@LordDirus007no they weren’t Donetsk peoples republic wasn’t Wagner those were actually separatist we see both of them on the field Wagner (Russia little green men) better equipped etc the separatist would have civil clothing with rusty AKs some of them were fat of skinny you can tell they had zero combat experience

  • @tylerduncan3476
    @tylerduncan3476 Před 5 měsíci +485

    The part where that lawyer from CAR spoke up about killings and then immediately rescinded his comment was tense.

    • @philtorrez4198
      @philtorrez4198 Před 5 měsíci +62

      You know he got executed

    • @JoeRogansForehead
      @JoeRogansForehead Před 5 měsíci +31

      They threw a journalist in Africa , it might have been the CAR actually , out of his window over a balcony for reporting on Wagner . I’m not surprised he’s nervous

    • @TWITCH.JAVASAR
      @TWITCH.JAVASAR Před 2 měsíci +12

      “ so you are scared of who? Me?!”

  • @burningoceanfloor1560
    @burningoceanfloor1560 Před 4 měsíci +9

    Not everyone hopping on the "I missed this" train and not actually discussing the information given in the documentary.

  • @alharrison1038
    @alharrison1038 Před 5 měsíci +460

    That moment when he asked the lawyer who would execute him was chilling. Looking for how much he knew

    • @MrBirdonawire
      @MrBirdonawire Před 5 měsíci +65

      That’s what I’m saying! That dude looks like he kills several people a week. He looks constantly ready to jump up and just hammer someone’s face in. I hope the lawyer is okay. I have a suspicion he had some hard times after that. If he is still walking this earth. Or can walk anymore for that matter.

    • @annunakigaming2207
      @annunakigaming2207 Před 4 měsíci +22

      @@Grape59735 they conveniently forgot to touch on Ukraine's connections to white nationalists and self-proclaimed "nazis," such as the azov battalion

    • @junioraltamontent.7582
      @junioraltamontent.7582 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@annunakigaming2207Vice has numerous videos about that bro lol. This video isn't abt Ukraine

    • @FranciscoMedrano-is9zt
      @FranciscoMedrano-is9zt Před 4 měsíci +63

      ​@@annunakigaming2207The video is about wagner, not ukraine.

    • @kennykenevil57
      @kennykenevil57 Před 2 měsíci +18

      @@annunakigaming2207 That's literally not what the video is about or even relevant, but okay, lmao.

  • @frederickpikovsky3586
    @frederickpikovsky3586 Před 5 měsíci +815

    Wow, this reminds me of when Vice use to do real journalism. More this Vice!

    • @lukegaming86
      @lukegaming86 Před 5 měsíci +30

      Uhm, i see these comments on every serious documentary they make. This type of content never stopped, just like every outlet they have their opinion pieces and yellow journalism. Its a huge company

    • @admiralradish
      @admiralradish Před 5 měsíci

      Yeah i agree You gotta give them Credit when it is due. Maybe they learned their lesson about Getting Woke and Going Broke. Good Job VICE

    • @garr123
      @garr123 Před 5 měsíci

      Yeah. Vice News has been doing good reporting for years even if they're often clearly from a left wing perspective. I think a lot of these comments are just from people who think any story critical of conservatives or right wing politics is "fake news" even if its just as accurate as their less political content.
      Also, VIce never "went woke" they've been "woke" forever, long before it was repurposed as a meaningless snarl word. And going broke isn't really a thing, "woke" corporations do it because its profitable. If it was actually costing them money then movie studios, tech companies, big brands, etc wouldn't be doing it -- some individuals in the company might care, but as a whole corporations are basically uncaring automatons driven by profit and can't actually give a damn about social issues outside of whether it can make them money: its performative. If pandering to bigots made them more money, the abstract forces of profit motive animating the company would lead to the firing of anyone being "woke" and it would pander to bigots instead, just look at most of the 20th century. But culture, society changes and its now unprofitable. @@lukegaming86

    • @McShag420
      @McShag420 Před 4 měsíci +5

      They never stopped.

    • @Lettheflamestakeover-qn4lg
      @Lettheflamestakeover-qn4lg Před 4 měsíci +3

      2 minutes in and the Ukranians are speaking perfect fluent russian😂

  • @jluvnklee
    @jluvnklee Před 5 měsíci +92

    Great work. We need more of this type of fact seeking journalism. Asking the right questions, allowing the story to unfold without bias. Really enjoyed this particular subject and would love to see more from Vice in the future.

  • @norbertdemeter6669
    @norbertdemeter6669 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Wow. Vice is really back at it. Amazing production.

  • @andreasheld2362
    @andreasheld2362 Před 5 měsíci +912

    I love those longer, deeper researched reports from VICE. You do good, VICE!

    • @topspot4834
      @topspot4834 Před 5 měsíci +30

      Yeah, they're trying to get back to where they once were, but unfortunately for them it's too little too late. These kinda documentaries would easily get millions, sometimes tens of millions of views, and now they only get a small fraction of that ... When a company caters to the vocal minority and ignores 90% of their customers, that's what happens. Disney is going through the same thing. It's why corporations shouldn't get involved in politics.

    • @MeatyOchre
      @MeatyOchre Před 5 měsíci

      They're paying the cost of their woke bullshit. And now are owned by a Saudi. Get entertainment from these videos but by no means believe anything

    • @Never_Too_Soon
      @Never_Too_Soon Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@topspot4834 in the words of Michelle Jordan Republicans buy shoes too

    • @michaelhall3210
      @michaelhall3210 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Sure, but who tf can read subtitles that fast and also see what is being shown on the screen. I love Vice, but c'mon, this is ridiculous to try to watch without pausing every five seconds.

    • @tylercurtis265
      @tylercurtis265 Před 5 měsíci

      Zero criticism of the US empire, US regime change, resource theft, murder, arms sales. Wagner is doing nothing different than Black Water or the United States of America. I wonder why Africa is open arms to partnerships with China and Russia. Because they have been screwed by the west.

  • @jakeirish5162
    @jakeirish5162 Před 5 měsíci +657

    This is the VICE style I fell in love with almost a decade ago! I’m sure thousands of people would agree. I love how there is no use of left or right western political biases that we all see in other documentaries for similar global issues. This is raw, talented journalism, amazing editing and storytelling, and most of all - taking risks in conflict areas to tell a powerful story. Amazing work! 👏

    • @djamillakhdar-hamina3824
      @djamillakhdar-hamina3824 Před 5 měsíci

      Vice is definitely biased , i wonder sometimes if it’s run by cia

    • @Love_N_Let_Live
      @Love_N_Let_Live Před 5 měsíci +27

      They always do great, when it's not focused in the US. If it's in the US, then they cover it exactly like every other left wing mainstream media would. I'm neither on the left or the right though, I hate them pretty equally.
      I wish they made a separate channel for US topics. Make this one VICE international.

    • @Jason-ty4oj
      @Jason-ty4oj Před 5 měsíci +5

      You’re not going to get a thousand likes. Go to sleep dude!

    • @dmc3489
      @dmc3489 Před 5 měsíci +6

      @@Jason-ty4oj Organic likes? Never. Bot likes? Probably

    • @JamesWilliams-jf3hd
      @JamesWilliams-jf3hd Před 5 měsíci

      That’s a ridiculous assertion. Thousands of docs about all topics both right and left that are not biased. of You just don’t want to hear the truth when it comes to what’s happening on the right or the left. Also u don’t want to hear anything about what’s going on in the US and just want to hear about the EVILS outside of our country.

  • @DarkSoulja3323
    @DarkSoulja3323 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Vice making good content again. Great Video

  • @Lazirus951
    @Lazirus951 Před 5 měsíci +6

    This is the best piece from Vice I've seen in years. Bravo!

  • @MrBirdonawire
    @MrBirdonawire Před 5 měsíci +663

    Extremely well made. It’s these types of reports that put Vice above the rest. Incredible you could get embedded with Wagner Africa. I have so much respect for the reporter not letting up on hard hitting questions, knowing it very much put her in danger. And to me it looks like that Wagner commander would not have a problem personally erasing her. She is Fearless.

    • @csb772
      @csb772 Před 5 měsíci

      It was all propaganda. The Russians surely checked over her footage before letting her leave. These guys want to seem ruthless. It's all they have left after Ukraine kicked them out of the capitol with a small under funded military.

    • @Invertmini1212
      @Invertmini1212 Před 5 měsíci +24

      They drop one good doc every once in awhile as opposed to back in the day it was every video.

    • @daddyshark3105
      @daddyshark3105 Před 5 měsíci

      Or stupid

    • @Fearlessinsider
      @Fearlessinsider Před 5 měsíci +22

      FYI , Vice fired this team.

    • @FerrariTeddy
      @FerrariTeddy Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@Invertmini1212look man I’ll take the occasional old style good vid. It’s still better than most other media groups.

  • @SesshyLover777
    @SesshyLover777 Před 5 měsíci +102

    I like the guy off camera thinking he wouldn't be translated 🤭 always a classic

  • @jakesnakes5866
    @jakesnakes5866 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Its about time. Glad to see vice doing real journalism again

  • @ZombieRockful
    @ZombieRockful Před měsícem +29

    Inside Wagner episode without Wagner 😂😂😂

    • @ahOOliahOOli-ey3bq
      @ahOOliahOOli-ey3bq Před měsícem +3

      and so it is with everyone who, for some reason, supports a country that no longer exists. A country .404

    • @barnibussnaples6561
      @barnibussnaples6561 Před 15 dny

      They interviewed Wagner for like a third of the episode tho.

    • @barnibussnaples6561
      @barnibussnaples6561 Před 9 dny +1

      @@ahOOliahOOli-ey3bq are you talking about Ukraine? Because 100K Russian soldiers have been killed by an imaginary country apparently 😂

    • @ahOOliahOOli-ey3bq
      @ahOOliahOOli-ey3bq Před 9 dny

      @@barnibussnaples6561 🤡

    • @thrwwccnt5845
      @thrwwccnt5845 Před 19 hodinami

      @@ahOOliahOOli-ey3bq least delusional Ztard

  • @Gospodin_Kurac
    @Gospodin_Kurac Před 25 dny +2

    Title says "Inside Wagner..." but we never get to see that.
    But we get to hear (not see) some voices talking about how Wagner did this and that.
    Impeccable journalism.

  • @jaysekhon8014
    @jaysekhon8014 Před 5 měsíci +522

    Less bullshit, more of this. Good on you Vice.

    • @americafirst3738
      @americafirst3738 Před 5 měsíci

      Funny this is all bullshit, just pushing bs talking points

    • @higB0x05
      @higB0x05 Před 5 měsíci

      This is the bullshit. Ukraine is toast.

    • @RUTHLESSambition5
      @RUTHLESSambition5 Před 5 měsíci +3

      It's too old. This was at least 10 months ago. Before the failed offensive and before they lost bahkmut

    • @addajjalsonofallah6217
      @addajjalsonofallah6217 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@RUTHLESSambition5they never lost bakmut

    • @GalactusOG
      @GalactusOG Před 5 měsíci +2

      Amen to that.

  • @noonefromnowhere7945
    @noonefromnowhere7945 Před 5 měsíci +21

    You can tell the instructor in Congo is a ruthless leader that stares cold as ice

  • @Arc115YT
    @Arc115YT Před 5 měsíci

    This brings me back to the Vice of 10 years ago. Fantastic work.

  • @dylannotsor6955
    @dylannotsor6955 Před 5 měsíci +62

    26:00 I felt like when he asked the laywer who he felt would kill him, that the unspoken truth was that he was literally asking the lawyer "After you just embarrassed us in front of the western media, who would you suggest I send to your home tonight to come and kill you?" And the way the other africans in the room stared him down as if to say "Not now, we agree but you're going to get us shot."
    The way the mercenary glances at the camera, trying to find a way to communicate the severity of his anger in a coded way.
    Perhaps I'm overthinking it, but there appears to be layers to this interaction.

    • @charliec5339
      @charliec5339 Před 5 měsíci +19

      That's how I read the situation too. I wonder if the local interpreter was trying to explain to Vitali that he's a lawyer as a way to dismiss him as someone they need to worry about since the legal system of the CAR is practically non-existent. I felt like it all depended on what VICE would publish, so now I fear he is in danger (if he hasn't already been threatened or disappeared)

    • @oghush9447
      @oghush9447 Před 5 měsíci +9

      You could feel the tension through the camera

    • @bungdilly6333
      @bungdilly6333 Před měsícem +2

      He's dead for sure

  • @SCORPAIN88isme
    @SCORPAIN88isme Před 5 měsíci +110

    Wagner was founded by Dimitri Utkin, who's callsign in the GRU was Wagner, not Prigozhin lol Prigozhin financed and connected Wagner to the Kremlin.

    • @4Irico5
      @4Irico5 Před 5 měsíci +33

      People somehow still see prigozhin as the creator and leader of Wagner lol utkin founded it and some of the main leaders of Wagner are ex KGB members prigozhin was simply the “face” of Wagner he didn’t even had any military background which is why when he did what he did many of the fighters didn’t follows his orders lol

    • @moneydroplobby5059
      @moneydroplobby5059 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@4Irico5 where’s Atkin and the rest?

    • @thekittyspy
      @thekittyspy Před 5 měsíci +12

      @@moneydroplobby5059 Utkin was on the same plane as Prigozhin was on, alongside some other leadership as well. So effectively leadership was wiped out in a single get go.

    • @oogaboogaj
      @oogaboogaj Před 5 měsíci +7

      @@thekittyspy Neither of them we're the main leaders, Udtkin was meant to cover for the real Military Commander Anton Yelizarov

    • @Sultan-cf5wf
      @Sultan-cf5wf Před 5 měsíci +2

      yeah and utkin is now six feet under

  • @eddy91604
    @eddy91604 Před 5 měsíci +52

    Excellent documentary and it's nice to see you guys going back to your roots the last few years.

  • @SinaiKrigel-Armstrong
    @SinaiKrigel-Armstrong Před 5 měsíci +1

    Incredible video Vice!

  • @wrongplacerighttime
    @wrongplacerighttime Před 4 měsíci

    wow this was a really good documentary. good job vice.

  • @martymcfly1391
    @martymcfly1391 Před 5 měsíci +246

    Hat's off to y'all for this piece. Gotta do more in depth stuff like the old school days more. Plus, y'all shined light on alot of vital information imo! 👍

    • @tylercurtis265
      @tylercurtis265 Před 5 měsíci

      Nothing new here. Independent news channels have been covering all of this months and years ago. Zero criticism of US empire in this piece. Zero information about US regime change, resource theft, arms deals, murder. Wagner is exactly the same as Black Water and the CIA.

    • @tylercurtis265
      @tylercurtis265 Před 5 měsíci

      Africa is open arms to China and Russia because they have been screwed over by the United States of America and the west. The world is changing and leaving us behind. VICE is mainstream bought out media.

    • @big2753
      @big2753 Před 5 měsíci +4

      They still pushing there objective don’t be fooled

    • @tm-te9mh
      @tm-te9mh Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@big2753can you enlighten us on that objective?

    • @Agdjfooelzxk
      @Agdjfooelzxk Před 5 měsíci

      @@big2753What objective can they possibly be pushing here? Wagner is not a good group. There are videos of Wagner mercs brutally killing people all over the world. They are literally known for using sledgehammers to kill people.

  • @alecgladkov8573
    @alecgladkov8573 Před 5 měsíci +196

    I can see bankruptcy taught Vice a lesson on content. Glad to see good reporting like this

    • @bobert6259
      @bobert6259 Před 5 měsíci +21

      Am I missing something? They’ve been posting content like this for as long as I’ve followed them

    • @medicolkie3606
      @medicolkie3606 Před 5 měsíci +9

      @@bobert6259 Right? No clue what this guy's talking about

    • @epochrocks3857
      @epochrocks3857 Před 5 měsíci +22

      @@bobert6259That’s his point. That hard hitting long-form documentaries are Vice’s bread and butter and are more profitable. It was the more comedic stuff like one-star reviews that they have scaled back on in favor of this kind of content as they’ve gone through bankruptcy.

    • @Demcatszzzzs
      @Demcatszzzzs Před 5 měsíci

      CNN is profitable, Fox News is profitable, nyt has to cut staff, vox relies on donations, and Bloomberg and wsj rely on investors who rely on their services. Reporting on CZcams alone is…

    • @cfs7338
      @cfs7338 Před 5 měsíci +5

      They never stopped making good content

  • @user-ne8th1fw5h
    @user-ne8th1fw5h Před 4 měsíci

    Nice work Vice, nice to have you back 🤗

  • @iTechiee
    @iTechiee Před 5 měsíci

    Vice you’re the best at these kind of reports. Educated the hell out of me.

  • @davidhampton983
    @davidhampton983 Před 5 měsíci +165

    This is what the old vice used to be, we need more content like this

    • @globaladdict
      @globaladdict Před 5 měsíci +11

      Just look at this way man. The new vice, as you probably have in your head, exists because of a simple fact: no one really pays for journalism anymore. If say, everyone that enjoyed Vice payed $10-20 a month, they could focus on just this material. But because no wants to pay, they have to make tons of clickbaity content that someone like you probably call woke. The clicks then let Vice charge advertisers the money they need to produce pieces like this. They still out stuff like this, never stopped. Just keep in mind that your unwillingness to pay along with most other ppl is why Vice needs to make way more trash than treasure in order to still try to stay afloat.

    • @Springfield1795
      @Springfield1795 Před 5 měsíci

      @@globaladdictthe bigger issues are mismanagement and Disney forcing its woke agenda on them after the buyout

    • @connormyse1567
      @connormyse1567 Před 5 měsíci +2

      If I could like this a million times I would! Very solid relevant, yet nietche like VICE used to be. I hope the new owners keep this up!

    • @Srfs777
      @Srfs777 Před 5 měsíci +2

      They’re not gonna see your comment pal.

    • @davidhampton983
      @davidhampton983 Před 5 měsíci

      @@globaladdict who’s to say I don’t pay? I’ve donated a couple of times via their website, I think you should go find someone else to try to talk “facts” to cause it isn’t me lol I bet you’ve never donated, I grew up watching vice since day 1 in fact the only news source I ever used for a long time was vice, and you can say it’s because people don’t pay and blah blah blah but the fact of the matter is they have to create click bait content to attract the younger generations, and even then I’m not saying that vice hasn’t been doing a good job cause they’ve been making do however all I’m saying is work like this isn’t that common in vice news like it used to be 👏🏻

  • @BoxheadHakx
    @BoxheadHakx Před 5 měsíci +66

    "It's better if you take this out, he could be in a lot of trouble." -- Vice keeps it in. Real care for the locals who are obviously being forced to choose silver or lead.

    • @devonspain620
      @devonspain620 Před 5 měsíci +16

      Im pretty sure he was dead after that anyway lol

    • @amphiumaiii7058
      @amphiumaiii7058 Před 5 měsíci +15

      If he was going to be harmed for saying what was plainly on their shirts then he was toast anyway. At least this way the rest of the world gets the story as a precautionary tale.

    • @devonspain620
      @devonspain620 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@amphiumaiii7058 ether way its a win win gor people against that group lol

    • @notastone4832
      @notastone4832 Před měsícem

      @@amphiumaiii7058 dude is an officer.. guarantee you he got at most a write up..

  • @sargentshu11769
    @sargentshu11769 Před 5 měsíci +1

    This is some of the best news I’ve watched in a long time. I remeber watching the Russian Roulette series and now watching this it really brought me back. I love this and it really inspires me to take up journalism as a minor.

  • @FewWords87
    @FewWords87 Před 4 měsíci

    You guys putting out a banger before closing doors I see.

  • @Recklesshade
    @Recklesshade Před 5 měsíci +94

    You all have so much courage to go into places like that to get these stories. Incredible.

    • @ee-ef8qr
      @ee-ef8qr Před 5 měsíci +1

      Last time journalist did researched them, they ended up with new holes.

    • @prevaloir5362
      @prevaloir5362 Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@ee-ef8qr Yes we watched the video.

  • @theapostate2735
    @theapostate2735 Před 5 měsíci +37

    Wow, that was almost medieval, having local leaders come and praise them, and the one dissenter being immediately challenged.

  • @dasilvamusic1760
    @dasilvamusic1760 Před 5 měsíci +1

    thank you for all you do. Live long and keep fighting. Brilliant piece and wonderful journalism. Keep the facts straight and the knowledge honest. Stay safe out there

    • @crabstix4430
      @crabstix4430 Před 5 měsíci

      So I guess it's fine commiting warcrimes and killing innocent civilians?

  • @shawn4563
    @shawn4563 Před 5 měsíci

    this is vice this the real journalism the people have been waiting for this to come back for years

  • @isimpkins4
    @isimpkins4 Před 5 měsíci +32

    Vice PLEASE go back to making this kind of content! Incredible geopolitical content that cannot be found anywhere else. I'd pay for a constant stream of this.
    Also anyone got an ID on Col. Kiri's fit? 👀

  • @dmytroz4816
    @dmytroz4816 Před 5 měsíci +9

    VICE back in action! Thanks for putting this together.

  • @voiden3338
    @voiden3338 Před 4 měsíci

    was not expecting something like this from modern day vice. congrats on connecting to your roots.

  • @Mr.JavsOfficial
    @Mr.JavsOfficial Před 5 měsíci

    Is VICE finally back with the OG journalism? Let’s gooo! 👏

  • @sergeantoof
    @sergeantoof Před 5 měsíci +9

    Never would I expect the president of CAR to be interviewed by VICE. Journalism at its best.

  • @joshbolding4844
    @joshbolding4844 Před 5 měsíci +37

    Excellent Journalism! You could feel the tension in the air when the captured soldier said they surrendered to "Wagner". This gave me older Vice vibes, which to me is a compliment!

    • @Lazirus951
      @Lazirus951 Před 5 měsíci

      That was such a mic-drop moment.

  • @tundruu
    @tundruu Před 5 měsíci

    Very good work. Small request if you actually read this. Can you make the subtitles bigger? It's hard to read them on my phone.

  • @markcrume
    @markcrume Před 5 měsíci

    Wow! Outstanding journalism, in yo' face! I loved it. thanks

  • @Nagle11234
    @Nagle11234 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Great job Vice, more like this! this reminds me of the old Vice

  • @lu-bo6yh
    @lu-bo6yh Před 5 měsíci +94

    Im so glad vice posted this. Im always consuming military content. Private military is always so fun to learn about

    • @Hinderrrrrr
      @Hinderrrrrr Před 5 měsíci +3

      Go learn about when delta force and seal team 6 faced off against them in Syria and killed literally hundreds of Wagner I forgot the year… maybe 2018

    • @831lance
      @831lance Před 5 měsíci

      Just be skeptical. VICE is equivalent to CNN nowadays. They’re worth Pennie’s on the dollar now

    • @YourSocialistAutomaton
      @YourSocialistAutomaton Před 5 měsíci +5

      ​@@Hinderrrrrrthey killed 20, not hundreds.

    • @chriscarlino5561
      @chriscarlino5561 Před 5 měsíci +11

      @@HinderrrrrrI believe it was an air strike. No “facing off”.

    • @Latinastyles
      @Latinastyles Před 5 měsíci +1

      It was CAS, 4 died. JSOC didn’t want to engage and called the CCTA call the ball.

  • @Cryptid71
    @Cryptid71 Před 5 měsíci +23

    He never once tried to overthrow Putin and even said he only wanted to remove the ministry of defense

  • @MsLindsayBoo
    @MsLindsayBoo Před 16 dny

    Thank you for the introspective.

  • @dangerouslybased22
    @dangerouslybased22 Před 5 měsíci +7

    THIS IS THE CONTENT VICE IS KNOWN FOR KEEP IT COMING

  • @sheawilson8285
    @sheawilson8285 Před 5 měsíci +5

    This intro is stunning

  • @LeadLeftLeon
    @LeadLeftLeon Před 21 dnem +1

    Coverage of this war won’t ever be the same without Prigozhin. A reality television star

  • @DeimosPC
    @DeimosPC Před 5 měsíci +15

    This woman is a true journalist and what a real journalist should be like. She does not impose her opinions, she lets the people speak.

    • @georgewashington7982
      @georgewashington7982 Před 4 měsíci +1

      32:30 she was cutting off the guy alot 😂 but she ain’t bad

  • @monahumada7535
    @monahumada7535 Před 5 měsíci +49

    Now this is the content VICE was built on.

  • @Ykesha
    @Ykesha Před 5 měsíci +14

    I wasn't ready for that Svitlana scene. I haven't cried in what feels like years but seeing her face as they talked, wow.

  • @griffinkay3509
    @griffinkay3509 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Wow, one of the best pieces of journalism in a long time. Beautifully done.

  • @abdelhanno7260
    @abdelhanno7260 Před 5 měsíci

    this is golden information right here. thanks vice

  • @-wafflesXD-
    @-wafflesXD- Před 5 měsíci +5

    VICE BACK AT IT AGAIN. This is what we want!!

  • @cedricjoshuapayne
    @cedricjoshuapayne Před 5 měsíci +8

    Audio is subpar on this episode.

  • @Jafodil
    @Jafodil Před 5 měsíci

    This is the Vice we've been waiting for.

  • @TheGayBlade1986
    @TheGayBlade1986 Před 5 měsíci

    So many said it already but Vice is amazing.

  • @mwatkins0420
    @mwatkins0420 Před 5 měsíci +10

    FANTASTIC AND SO WELL DONE!!! NO ONE DOES IT LIKE VICE

  • @Pr0toPoTaT0
    @Pr0toPoTaT0 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Can we all thank vice for being the ones bringing us the real news, even on the brink of death.

    • @vwilhelm5788
      @vwilhelm5788 Před 5 měsíci +1

      They are selling their ass in the form of writing these propaganda rags, yes let’s thank them.

  • @mysexeyes
    @mysexeyes Před 5 měsíci +1

    pieces such as this will rejuvenate Vice. Very good work!

  • @roughneckmp
    @roughneckmp Před 5 měsíci +2

    Holy crap,… did Vice go back to their roots??? Amazing, just amazing.

  • @waltermatthewberg
    @waltermatthewberg Před 5 měsíci +11

    Old Vice is back whoa dude

  • @noco7243
    @noco7243 Před 5 měsíci +43

    11:19
    Uh oh. That's an interesting patch there buddy.

    • @MrCRASHERXD
      @MrCRASHERXD Před 2 měsíci +19

      The Black Sun nazi symbol

    • @user-hl8ih4cd1m
      @user-hl8ih4cd1m Před měsícem +7

      history repeats itself

    • @tomtoms3442
      @tomtoms3442 Před měsícem +15

      ​@@MrCRASHERXDNo, it is a sacred solar symbol that is very capacious in its meaning. It is an Old Slavic sign that signifies the process of destroying everything hostile, old and false, and the power and will to renew and reborn. This is a traditional symbol of Ukrainians and some other ethnic groups, which for a long time was the exclusive attribute of priests. And only later it was massively used as a pagan sign to help people survive hard times. That is why in Ukraine it is used as a talisman, not as a Nazi symbol, especially since there are almost no problems with Nazism in Ukraine and they are much less than in many other countries

    • @kittyclaws7657
      @kittyclaws7657 Před měsícem +21

      @@tomtoms3442 the cope grind never stops, I see.

    • @indeed169
      @indeed169 Před měsícem

      ​@@user-hl8ih4cd1mtrue, a facist dictator invading a country to kill everyone that isnt a human in thier eyes and putting children into trains.

  • @mikeyvisz468
    @mikeyvisz468 Před 5 měsíci

    about time you go back to your roots VICE, very well made!

  • @madjack_757
    @madjack_757 Před 5 měsíci

    Absolutely phenomenal work

  • @LoneStarMillennial
    @LoneStarMillennial Před 5 měsíci +13

    Wagner is not a mercenary group, which implies they work for any nationality of the highest bid, rather it is the Russian equivalent of the French Foreign Legion. In fact, many of its members are Russians who left the French Foreign Legion to fight in their country's own equivalent once it existed.

    • @klin1klinom
      @klin1klinom Před 5 měsíci +1

      Wut? Where did you get that from?

    • @valentinarmenta4982
      @valentinarmenta4982 Před 5 měsíci

      Where's your source

    • @MrBirdonawire
      @MrBirdonawire Před 5 měsíci

      I agree with what you are saying about them not being a traditional PMC group. They are basically a shadow group that Putin could use to progress and protect Russian interests. By calling themselves PMC’s, if they mess up Russia is not held accountable because they are not part of the Russian military. They do 100% of Putin’s bidding. They are basically another arm of the Russian government that can project plausible deniability. But I must disagree that they are somehow similar to the French Foreign Legion. The Legion is under direct command of the French military. Their existence is acknowledged. Their missions are insanely dangerous but at the end of the day they are a soldier in the French military. Wagner is not considered to be part of the Russian military.

    • @adilkenjebekov4522
      @adilkenjebekov4522 Před 20 dny

      Сказочник

  • @OzMan9989
    @OzMan9989 Před 5 měsíci +16

    The “I am Wagner” t-shirt thing was hilarious! You can’t make that stuff up!

    • @Schizofre
      @Schizofre Před 27 dny

      it could have been given to them after being captured

  • @friendlyfungi
    @friendlyfungi Před 5 měsíci

    Good reporting!

  • @nutsaboutdeez8294
    @nutsaboutdeez8294 Před 5 měsíci +31

    11:20 black sun patch😬

    • @Negan-lo7yr
      @Negan-lo7yr Před 5 měsíci +19

      Shh, let's just go along and pretend that we didn't just see that..

    • @Thisyoutubeuser
      @Thisyoutubeuser Před 2 měsíci +10

      Nazis?

    • @Streepie21
      @Streepie21 Před měsícem +4

      They are not beating the allegations

    • @rednek666
      @rednek666 Před měsícem +2

      Far rights fighting in every conflict from both sides, it always was like that, always will be

    • @jackdools4744
      @jackdools4744 Před měsícem +2

      Based patch

  • @xmmTokarev
    @xmmTokarev Před 5 měsíci +7

    Not soldiers, not mercenaries, just musicians

  • @leolee5907
    @leolee5907 Před 5 měsíci +5

    28:35 damn she snitched on him she signed his death certificate 🤦🏿‍♂️

  • @andybarnett5279
    @andybarnett5279 Před 5 měsíci

    An important reminder that real journalism is one of the most important professions on the planet...Vice is one of the only story-tellers out there willing to get inside the story, itself, for it's own sake.

  • @michaelbookout7561
    @michaelbookout7561 Před 5 měsíci

    excellent presentation

  • @caligula9292
    @caligula9292 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Great reporting keep it up!

  • @speedypete9694
    @speedypete9694 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Dude this meetings with the people and Wagner was so obvious that the people were scared shittless to talk out

  • @dudewtf303
    @dudewtf303 Před 5 měsíci

    Vice this is how you need and always should make your content.

  • @PaulHo
    @PaulHo Před 4 měsíci

    Was the intro instrumentals *supposed* to be louder than the dialogue?

  • @John-mf6ky
    @John-mf6ky Před 5 měsíci +19

    Damn, wish you guys would have asked the wagner guy more about the battle of Khasham.

    • @user-vy9mm4il8h
      @user-vy9mm4il8h Před 19 dny

      При штурме нефтезавода со стороны Вагнера неверно были отценены возможности американцев. По какой то непонятной причине они не учли что, у американцев есть поддержка с воздуха. В течении всего штурма около 3х часов Американцы ОЧЕНЬ ДОЛГО И МНОГО РАЗ связывались с командованием армии России и после очередного ответа "в этой зоне отсутствует армия России" вызвали поддержку с воздуха и разыграли пьесу по американскому учебнику.
      Это было больно

  • @mpc7440
    @mpc7440 Před 4 měsíci +4

    SWAGNER PMC 🔥

  • @spencerb3915
    @spencerb3915 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I can’t wait for this to pop in my recommended page again in 12 years

  • @SamA-xq1bm
    @SamA-xq1bm Před 2 měsíci

    Wow vice is actually doing some reporting? That's awesome!

  • @asasimms738
    @asasimms738 Před 5 měsíci +21

    Vice has always had real journalism at its core. I've been a fan for years. Keep doing the real work!

  • @phthisis
    @phthisis Před 5 měsíci +24

    38:40 Hilarious. Feel bad for this sales rep, for not having taken a course in "lawyer talk" from his Alma Mater. I loved all of his awkward responses, since he seemed to have a "knowing" tone in his voice, like everything that was coming out of his mouth was 110% military industrial complex bullshit, and he's somehow a middle man to all this stupid crap. Then his boss came along and ruined it all like a Japanese boss. "Why can't you answer vaguely?"

  • @emptinessatethewitch
    @emptinessatethewitch Před 5 měsíci

    VICE is back baby

  • @lucademaio9673
    @lucademaio9673 Před 5 měsíci +1

    This is the type of vice I remember please keep it up!!!

  • @waterishdrake8693
    @waterishdrake8693 Před 5 měsíci +8

    The fact you’re allowed to report in the area freely and live to tell the story shows progress in itself and shouldn’t be understated
    Edit: apparently not so freely 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @satanicaleve
    @satanicaleve Před 5 měsíci +9

    Why do people keep commenting that this is what Vice used to be. Vice has always had content like this

    • @subcitizen2012
      @subcitizen2012 Před 5 měsíci +4

      I know right. Kids these days.

    • @Hartleymolly
      @Hartleymolly Před 5 měsíci +6

      Very untrue. Their “journalism” post pandemic, has been complete BS.

    • @jhdiscordmemes8073
      @jhdiscordmemes8073 Před 5 měsíci +7

      There was a period where they got into stupid irrelevant "documentary's" that almost made them go bankrupt 😂😂😂

  • @imurgodsgod
    @imurgodsgod Před 5 měsíci +2

    He says” join us, yesterday they were normal people, today there on the front line defending their country”

    • @31ngel
      @31ngel Před měsícem

      during translation the context was lost, the correct meaning is "ordinary guys", not "normal people"

  • @mtstewart64
    @mtstewart64 Před 5 měsíci

    Great documentary this is the old vice we want back

  • @rammo16
    @rammo16 Před 5 měsíci +9

    Glad to see this guy playing Playstation during his interview. Very believable defector.

  • @Dazzed-kj5kf
    @Dazzed-kj5kf Před 5 měsíci +21

    Now do a Documentarie on the 100+ Private military contractors companies in the USA

    • @4Irico5
      @4Irico5 Před 5 měsíci +19

      Vice would be shut down unfortunately. People seem to forget what blackwater did lol 😂 one of the most brutal organizations ever created

    • @jaredwilliams2357
      @jaredwilliams2357 Před 5 měsíci +5

      @@4Irico5It’s alright though when Blackwater’s founder is best friends with the at the time director of the cia. Apparently you can get away with showing up high to patrol and magdumping civvies. 2006 if you don’t believe me

    • @JoeRogansForehead
      @JoeRogansForehead Před 5 měsíci +1

      Pretty sure they did a black water documentary , it was one of their most popular early ones , wasn’t it ??

    • @JoeRogansForehead
      @JoeRogansForehead Před 5 měsíci

      @@jaredwilliams2357bro those dudes went to prison for that “massacre” it’s hard to prosecute USA civilians for murders in a war zone . Especially when the witnesses are Iraqis who can’t even testify and they have to use affidavits and translators

    • @earlhuffington6162
      @earlhuffington6162 Před 5 měsíci +1

      They've done tons of coverage on it😂

  • @SirrCommander
    @SirrCommander Před 5 měsíci +1

    Holy crap is old Vice back ? I was scared for her every step of the way. Every plane she got on

  • @charlvantonder6285
    @charlvantonder6285 Před 21 dnem +1

    I don't understand. The guy clearly told her at about 28:35 to cut out the part of the rebel leader speaking about Wagner because he can come into trouble, but she did not cut it out, deliberately putting the guys life in danger.