Russia`s shadowy world of military contractors: independent mercenaries, or working for the Kremlin?
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Europe World LA Times Russia`s shadowy world of military contractors: independent mercenaries, or working for the Kremlin? By Sabra Ayres Feb 18, 2018 | 1:35 PM | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syrian President Bashar Assad in December watch the troops marching at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Putin`s government denies Russian mercenaries killed in Syria worked on behalf of Russia. (Mikhail Klimentyev / AP) 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...