A Wagner Mercenary Who Crossed U.S.-Mexican Border Was Honored In Russia Weeks Before Arrest
A former member of Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group, who recently crossed into the United States from Mexico, was reportedly recognized as a combat veteran by a Kremlin-affiliated organization just weeks before his detention, according to an investigation by RFE/RL. Arrest at the U.S.-Mexico Border Timur Praliev, 31, was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents on…