About: Turan Group

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The Turan Group (Russian: Группа Туран, tr. Gruppa Turana) is a fake Muslim Russian private military company in Syria. For unknown reasons, the existence of Turan was fabricated by a Russian journalist and others through staged photographs and Photoshop. It is described as a hoax. According to a September 2018 report from the Chr. Michelsen Institute, contractors of another Russian PMC active in Syria called the Wagner Group who were asked about Turan have never heard of its existence.

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  • The Turan Group (Russian: Группа Туран, tr. Gruppa Turana) is a fake Muslim Russian private military company in Syria. For unknown reasons, the existence of Turan was fabricated by a Russian journalist and others through staged photographs and Photoshop. It is described as a hoax. According to a September 2018 report from the Chr. Michelsen Institute, contractors of another Russian PMC active in Syria called the Wagner Group who were asked about Turan have never heard of its existence. (en)
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  • The Turan Group (Russian: Группа Туран, tr. Gruppa Turana) is a fake Muslim Russian private military company in Syria. For unknown reasons, the existence of Turan was fabricated by a Russian journalist and others through staged photographs and Photoshop. It is described as a hoax. According to a September 2018 report from the Chr. Michelsen Institute, contractors of another Russian PMC active in Syria called the Wagner Group who were asked about Turan have never heard of its existence. (en)
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  • Turan Group (en)
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