Russia`s shadowy world of military contractors: independent mercenaries, or working for the Kremlin?
(LA Times Auto Racing)

Stanislav Matveev left his home in the Ural Mountains in September to join a Russian private military company. Five months later, Matveev was dead, killed in a U.S. airstrike on Feb. 7 in eastern Syria. Matveev´s widow, Yelena Matveeva, wants answers from the Kremlin about why her husband is dead....