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A Russian propogandist turned fighter-for-hire has been shot in the head in an attack which analysts have hinted may be warning to the leader of Russia’s mercenary Wagner group – which is growing in power.
Igor Mangushev, 36, was famed as one of Russia’s most recognisable TV spin doctors before going into the army using the call name of Bereg.
In the early hours of Saturday, Mangushev was taken to hospital in Stakhanov in Russia’s eastern Donetsk region with a gunshot wound to the head, The Telegraph reports.
Graphic pictures showing Mangushev lying bloodied on a hospital bed have been shared on social media by his friend Boris Rozhkin, who has described his condition as 'grave'.
Doctors are said to have determined he was shot at close range by someone using a handgun. No further details of the attack are known at present.
Pro-Putin activist Mangushev vowed in his sick rant: 'We'll make a goblet out of your skull'
Russia expert Mark Galeotti said
