Russia's Shadowy World of Military Contractors

Russia's Shadowy World of Military Contractors
Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via 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 Kremlin about why her husband is dead. By some accounts, scores of Russian contractors were killed.

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