The President's Daily Brief

February 17th, 2026: Wagner Group's Secret Comeback Inside NATO & Iran Talks Resume

February 17, 2026·29 min·5-min readnarrativenews
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The episode examines Russia's evolving shadow war in Europe, leveraging former Wagner networks to recruit civilians — including teenagers — for sabotage operations, while also covering stalled U.S.-Iran nuclear talks tied to economic incentives, a widening corruption probe in Ukraine that

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Mike BakerRobert DuvallYevgeny BoghossianAbbas AradjiSteve WhitcoffJared KushnerGerman GalushenkoTimor MindichAndrei Yermak

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Wagner

Topics

Foreign PolicyGeopoliticsInvestigative JournalismRussia

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