Yevgeny Prigozhin - report

Russian oligarch (born 1961)

Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin is a Russian oligarch and mercenary chief, and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until he launched an alleged coup in June 2023. Prigozhin is sometimes called "Putin's chef", as he owns restaurants and catering companies that provide services for the Kremlin. Once a convict in the Soviet Union, Prigozhin now controls a network of influential companies, including the Russian state-backed mercenary company Wagner Group and three companies accused of interference in the 2016 and 2018 US elections. According to a 2022 investigation by Bellingcat, The Insider, and Der Spiegel, Prigozhin's activities "are tightly integrated with Russia's Defence Ministry and its intelligence arm, the GRU".

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2021 2022 2024

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Significant news events for Yevgeny Prigozhin

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Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a jet that crashed in Russia's Tver region on Wednesday, killing all 10 people aboard. The Wagner Group leader's death is expected to have widespread repercussions, including setting back Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy.
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Russian state media confirms founder of Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead in jet crash near Moscow. If confirmed, his death would leave the Wagner Group leaderless. Christopher Steele has claimed there was a hit out on the Wagner boss.
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Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is unlikely to live another "60 to 90 days" Putin is likely to make him pay for the mutiny that began and ended this weekend. Unless he has a deep network of support in the upper echelons of Russia's power structure, he will be killed in short order.
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The announcement from Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to defuse a growing crisis. Moscow had braced for the arrival of the private army led by the rebellious commander. Announcement follows a statement from the office of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, boss of 'Putin's private army' the Wagner Group, appears to have turned on the Russian military hierarchy. His organization is now in the midst of an apparent insurrection, after claiming control of military facilities in two cities. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the rebellion a “stab in the back,” and Russian authorities announced they are charging him with “organizing an armed rebellion”
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Yevgeny Prigozhin is the leader of Russia's Wagner mercenary group. He posted a video on Friday calling the war a "racket" used to line oligarchs' pockets. Russian Defense Ministry accused him of spreading falsehoods.
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Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin released a gruesome video showing what he said were the corpses of his fighters. He accused Russia’s military leadership of starving his forces of ammunition. His mercenaries have led the bitter fight for control of the small city of Bakhmut.