Masked men threw sledgehammers on the grounds of the Finnish Embassy in Moscow on December 20. Last month, Russia's Vagner mercenary group published a video of the apparent execution of one of its members, whose head was shown smashed in by a sledgehammer after he returned from Ukrainian captivity, where he had said he intended to change sides. Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin has said he will send a sledgehammer stained with blood to the European Parliament in response to the EU's call to designate his Vagner company a terrorist organization. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Masked Men Throw Sledgehammers On Grounds Of Finnish Embassy In Moscow
The head of the Vagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin (file photo)