Your task is to predict the verdict of a claim based on the provided question-answer pair evidence. The possible labels are: 'Supported', 'Refuted', 'Not Enough Evidence', 'Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking'. Justify your answer using the provided evidence and select the correct label.

Claim: Putin publicly approved Wagner’s activities numerous times.

Q1: Does Wagner operate outside Russian borders
A1: Yes, because Mercenaries are illegal under Russian law, but that doesn’t stop them from being a central element of the Kremlin’s geopolitical adventurism, whether in Ukraine or, even more clearly, Syria. The tale of Wagner, a St Petersburg outfit at the heart of the fighting in Syria, says much about the privatisation of statecraft and the mobilisation of private enterprise in modern Russia.

Q2: Has President Putin ever supported the idea of Wagner
A2: Yes, because Back in 2011, Putin himself suggested that “these kind of companies are a way of implementing national interests without the direct involvement of the state
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justification: Putin has supported their work and there is evidence of that from 2011.

verdict: 'Supported'
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