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==Origins of the name==

==Origins of the name==

The name Wagner (pron: ''VAHG-nər'') is actually a tip of the hat to American military prowess depicted in the 1979 [[Francis Ford Coppola]] film, ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' which uses in the film score music from Act III of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''Die Walkure''<ref>[https://youtu.be/30QzJKCUekQ Ride of the Valkyries - Apocalypse Now (3/8) Movie CLIP (1979) HD].</ref> (the Body Carrier) portrayal of warrior maidens carrying the bodies of slain heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla.  In the 2022 Russian propaganda film, ''Scorching Sunlight'', about the origins of the [[Donbas war]] in 2014, the Wagner group suddenly appears at the end of the film without being spoken by name, to assist the [[Lugansk People's Militia]] in their war with the [[Kyiv regime]]. The closing bar's of Wagner's ''Das Rheingold'' are heard playing in the background.  The commander of the group holds up a book found on the body of a slain Lugansk militia fighter entitled ''Richard Wagner'' (in [[Cyrillic]]), and in response to the militia commander's question if they need anything, says "We have everything we need".<ref>[https://youtu.be/3dlb5bCoKQo Final scene ‘Scorching Sunlight’ Burning Sun with English subtitles].  The ambulance driver, a [[Soviet-Afghan war]] vet, who earlier refused to join a Donbas militia so was assigned a non-combat role, is seen picking up an [[AK-47]]. In the final shot is seen camoed out in the Wagner group.</ref>

The name Wagner (pron: ''VAHG-nər'') is actually a tip of the hat to American military prowess depicted in the 1979 [[Francis Ford Coppola]] film, ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' which uses in the film score music from Act III of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''Die Walkure''<ref>[https://youtu.be/30QzJKCUekQ Ride of the Valkyries - Apocalypse Now (3/8) Movie CLIP (1979) HD].</ref> (the Body Carrier) portrayal of warrior maidens carrying the bodies of slain heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla.  In the 2022 Russian propaganda film, ''Scorching Sunlight'', about the origins of the [[Donbas war]] in 2014, the Wagner group suddenly appears at the end of the film without being spoken by name, to assist the [[Lugansk People's Militia]] in their war with the [[Kyiv regime]]. The closing bar's of Wagner's ''Das Rheingold'' are heard playing in the background.  The commander of the group holds up a book found on the body of a slain Lugansk militia fighter entitled ''Richard Wagner'' (in [[Cyrillic]]), and in response to the militia commander's question if they need anything, says "We have everything we need".<ref>[https://youtu.be/3dlb5bCoKQo Final scene ‘Scorching Sunlight’ Burning Sun with English subtitles].  The ambulance driver, a [[Soviet-Afghan war]] vet, who earlier refused to join a Donbas militia so was assigned a non-combat role, is seen picking up an [[AK-47]]. In the final shot is seen camoed out in the Wagner group.</ref>

==Wagnergate scandal==

==Wagnergate scandal==