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Revision as of 20:49, 23 August 2023

Person.png Yevgeny Prigozhin  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Businessmen)
Yevgeny Prigozhin-2.jpg
Born1 June 1961
NationalityRussian
Founder ofWagner Group
Victim ofAssassination?
Perpetrator of2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine/Wagner coup attempt
Interests • Africa
• Putin
• Ukraine
Founder of Wagner

Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin is a Russian oligarch, mercenary leader, and close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin was sometimes called "Putin's chef", as he owns restaurants and catering companies that provide services for the Kremlin.[1]

Death

According to the Russian Aviation Authority, Russian news agency TASS, and Wagner-aligned Telegram groups on the 23rd of August 2023, Prigozhin was killed and shot down North of Moscow. Wagner aligned Telegram groups accused the Russian Military of shooting the plane down. [2][3]


Yevgeny Prigozhin at the July 2023 Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow.[4]


 

An event carried out

EventLocationDescription
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine/Wagner coup attemptRostov
Russia
An attempted coup, by some seen as false flag by Putin to lure out generals and double agents within the Russian State, by others as the sign the Russian state will collapse in the 2020s.
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