Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Russian mercenary leader, oligarch, restaurateur, former owner of Wagner PVC (1961–2023)
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About Yevgeny Prigozhin
Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin was a Russian mercenary leader, rebel commander, and oligarch. He led the Wagner Group, a private military company, and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until he launched a one-day rebellion in June 2023 and died in a plane crash two months later. 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".
Everything about Yevgeny Prigozhin →- Occupation
- restaurateur, entrepreneur, condottiero, mercenary
- Position held
- Leader of the Wagner Group, commanding officer
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Russia
- Born
- June 1, 1961
- Died
- August 23, 2023