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Yevgeny Prigozhin

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Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin (1 June 1961 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian mercenary leader and oligarch. He led the Wagner Group, a private military company, and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until launching a rebellion in June 2023. Prigozhin was sometimes referred to as "Putin's chef" because he owned restaurants and catering businesses that provided services to the Kremlin. Once a convict in the Soviet Union, Prigozhin controlled a network of influential companies whose operations, according to a 2020 investigation, were "tightly integrated with Russia's Defence Ministry and its intelligence arm, the GRU".

Yevgeny Prigozhin - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Russian oligarch and mercenary leader (1961–2023) Yevgeny Prigozhin Евгений Пригожин Prigozhin in 2016 Leader of the Wagner Group In office 22 February 2014 – 23 August 2023 Military commander Dmitry Utkin Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Pavel Prigozhin [ 1 ] Personal details Born ( 1961-06-01 ) 1 June 1961 Leningrad , Soviet Union Died 23 August 2023 (2023-08-23) (aged 62) Kuzhenkino , Tver Oblast, Russia Cause of death Airplane crash Resting place Porokhovskoye Ce

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