Putin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, says Russia won't be prosecuting the Wagner fighters that advanced toward the capital. 'He's a vicious, brutal man': Russia's Wagner Group led by Putin-connected ex-con Duration 7:53 Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? CBC's David Common investigates what's known about the man leading the Wagner Group — Russia's private mercenaries waging a bloody battle in Bakhmut, Ukraine. A worker removes an advertisement for the Wagner Group on the outskirts of St. Petersburg on Saturday. "The fracturing of the regime that sits around President Putin ... is very real."