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Kimberley Marten, Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University demystifies how the Wagner Group – mercenaries with links to the Russian intelligence service – could be part of a bigger plan for Russia’s foreign interests

Ruins of the temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria destroyed by ISIS militants. On 27 March 2016 Palmyra was liberated – the Wagner Group are said to have entered before the Syrian government army (Photo by Valery Sharifulin\TASS via Getty Images)