Как появились и как воюют частные армии / Редакция контекст

For many, acquaintance with the work of Richard Wagner began (and probably ended) "Flight of the Valkyries" in the movie "Apocalypse Now" about the Vietnam War. However, recently Wagner's surname has become associated with military operations not at all because of the Francis Coppola film.
The Wagner PMC is actively involved in the fighting in Ukraine and recruits prisoners into its ranks, and before that, according to numerous media reports, it participated in other conflicts, for example, in Syria. Another conflict is also obvious — the legal one: the existence of a private military company in Russia and a criminal article on mercenary activity. At the same time, mercenary warriors as a phenomenon appeared in the world a very long time ago — and especially did not go anywhere.
In the new edition of "Editorial. Context" we have studied the history of private armies and fighters for hire
Trailer
Recently Updated Shows

Fire Country
In Fire Country, seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, young convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown, where he and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish massive blazes across the region.

Revival
Revival is set on one miraculous day in rural Wisconsin when the recently deceased suddenly rise from their graves. But this is no zombie story as the "revived" appear and act just like they once were. When local Officer and single mother Dana Cypress is unexpectedly thrown into the center of a brutal murder mystery of her own, she's left to make sense of the chaos amidst a town gripped by fear and confusion where everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect.