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He mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday that it had captured the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don as part of an attempt overthrow the military leadershipwhat the authorities
He mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday that it had captured the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don as part of an attempt overthrow the military leadershipwhat the authorities called an armed riot.
Here are some facts about the entrepreneur and founder of the Wagner Group:
Aggressive PR, obscene language and frequent presence near the front line Prigozhin with a shaved head, is one of the most prominent faces of the war.
recruited thousands of Russian prisoners will fight for Wagner and openly quarreled with the Department of Defense over military plans and supplies of ammunition.
Prigozhin, 62, has been known for decades as “Putin’s Cook” because of his company’s food contracts with the Kremlin. His friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin is unclear, but they know each other and were both born and raised in St. Petersburg.
After serving a lengthy prison sentence in the 1980s, Prigozhin began selling hot dogs in your hometown. Soon he became involved in a supermarket chain and over time he opened his own restaurant and catering company.
your restaurant famous for its good food and soon he began to receive dignitaries from the city, such as the then deputy mayor Vladimir Putin.
After that, Prigozhin’s catering company “Concord” began to win government supply contracts, raising its activities to a much higher level.
Prigozhin and Wagner soldiers at the headquarters of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces in Rostov-on-Don | Photo: Reuters
Prigogine acknowledged last September that founded a private military group in 2014, the year Russia annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea. This was his first public confirmation of the connection, which he had previously denied and sued journalists for reporting.
The Wagner Group fought in Libya, Syria, Central African Republic and Maliamong other countries.
The group also provided support to pro-Russian separatists who seized part of the eastern Ukrainian region. Donbass in 2014.
Last May the group captured the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, after some of the most brutal fighting of the war. However, during the offensive, Prigozhin broke the taboo of Putin’s tightly controlled political establishment with crude insults to Moscow’s top leadership.
He then posted a video thanking the Kremlin and began his favorite tirade: an alleged betrayal of Putin’s top leadership, in particular Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov.
Supporters of the Wagner group | Photo: Reuters
In a video from May 5, Prigozhin showed a battlefield with dead Wagner mercenaries, who, he said, died due to lack of ammunition due to the fault of Shoigu and Gerasimov.
The United States and the European Union have introduced sanctions against Prigozhin for his role in Wagner.
They also accuse him of funding a digital group known as Internet Research Agency who, according to Washington, tried to influence the US elections.
Reuters
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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