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Putin’s Sledgehammer – ABC Listen
Candace Rondeaux featured on Late Night Live with David Marr to discuss the future of the Wagner Group.
Putin’s End Game w/ Candace Rondeaux | The Majority Report Live
Candace Rondeaux features on The Majority Report to discuss the war in Ukraine and the Wagner Group's post-Prigozhin transformation.
How Wagner Group Set Fire to a Ukrainian Aid Warehouse in Britain
Wagner-linked operatives recruit British criminals to set fire to an Ukraine-aid warehouse in London. Candace Rondeaux weighs in.
A Wartime Boom Is Remaking NATO’s Defense Industrial Landscape
The Alliance Dividend: How NATO’s Factory Floor Revival Is Rewiring Transatlantic Power
How NATO’s factory-floor revival is rewiring transatlantic security—from Camden to Kyiv, defense jobs are reshaping alliance dynamics.
The Fiery Fall of the Wagner Group: An Excerpt from “Putin’s Sledgehammer”
In her new book, Candace Rondeaux reveals chilling ties between Russia’s mercenaries and Vladimir Putin.
“Putin’s Sledgehammer” Reveals How the Wagner Group Became So Powerful it Threatened Him
Candace Rondeaux joins Nick Schifrin to discuss her new book on the Wagner Group’s rise, fall, and its entanglement with Vladimir Putin.
Unfinished Empire
Candace Rondeaux’s Putin’s Sledgehammer offers a forensic account of the Wagner Group’s rise and fall, reviews The Irish Times.
Putin’s Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia’s Collapse into Mercenary Chaos with Candace Rondeaux
Candace Rondeaux exposes how Russia’s Wagner Group became a weapon of war, crime, and propaganda in her deep dive with Secrets and Spies.
Putin’s Shadow Armies Have Set Their Sights Beyond Ukraine
The New York Times reviews Putin's Sledgehammer, a penetrating account of Prigozhin’s life and Wagner’s rise in Putin’s Russia.
Putin’s Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group & Russia’s Collapse into Mercenary Chaos
Candace Rondeaux examines Russia’s descent into mercenary chaos in her latest book, Putin's Sledgehammer.
The Legal Counteroffensive to Russia’s Hybrid War
Candace Rondeaux reveals how Wagner has morphed from a brutal mercenary outfit into a covert arm of Russian intelligence.
Trump’s Global Funding Cuts Leave a Void in Africa For Rivals to Exploit
Senior Director Candace Rondeaux gave the Washington Post background on Russia and the Wagner Group's presence in the Sahel.
Criminal Proxies: The Hidden Hand of States
Candace Rondeaux explains why the Russian government relies on proxy actors like the Wagner Group.