yevgeny prigozhin

Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin (Russian: Евгений Викторович Пригожин; born 1 June 1961) is a Russian oligarch and a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin is sometimes called "Putin's chef", because 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 U.S. 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".After years of denying his links to Wagner, he eventually confirmed that he was its founder on 26 September 2022. He stated that he founded it in May 2014, to support Russian forces in the war in Donbas. This admission was prompted by a viral video in which Prigozhin was shown in a Mari El prison recruiting inmates, promising them freedom if they served six months with the Wagner Group.Prigozhin had long denied his role in Russian interference in U.S. elections. In November 2022, he admitted his role in such operations, saying they would continue. In February 2023, he stated he was the founder and long-time manager of Internet Research Agency, a Russian company accused of online propaganda operations.
Prigozhin, his companies, and associates face economic sanctions and criminal charges in the United States, and in the United Kingdom he remains a designated person under sanctions. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $250,000 for information leading to the arrest of Prigozhin.

View More On Wikipedia.org
  1. Mshana Jr

    Tetesi za kifo cha Prigozhin na usemi wa hakuna marehemu mbaya

    Kabla sijaendelea kuna haya maswali Je, ni kweli Prigozhin kafa? Je, ni kweli Prigozhin alikuwa kwenye ndege iliyopata ajali? Je, ni nani kamuua/alitaka kumuua Prigozhin? Mpaka sasa shutuma zote juu ya kifo cha huyu mbabe wa vita anatupiwa boss wake wa zamani na mshirika wake wa karibu...
  2. J

    Yevgeny Prigozhin, Boss wa Wagner Group ahofiwa kufariki kwenye ajali ya ndege!

    Prigozhin ahofiwa kufariki katika Ajali ya Ndege Watu 10 wameripotiwa kufariki kwenye ajali hiyo ya ndege Watanzania tumuombee apumzike kwa amani! Source: Al jazeera ==== Kwa mujibu wa Idara ya Habari ya Urusi (TASS), abiria 10 waliokuwa kwenye Ndege Binafsi wamefariki ambapo inaaminika...
  3. Zacht

    Mkuu wa Kikundi cha Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin, ametoa maoni yake juu ya mzizi wa matatizo nchini Niger

    "Nitajibu ni nini msingi wa mabadiliko ya mamlaka nchini Niger. Msingi(tatizo) ni uchumi. Population ya watu wa Niger imekuwa katika umaskini kwa muda mrefu. Kwa mfano, kampuni ya Ufaransa iliyochimba uranium iliiuza sokoni kwa $218, huku ikilipa Niger $11 pekee . Unaweza kufanya kazi na...
  4. Yoda

    Yevgeny Prigozhin: Mpishi aliyeongoza mgomo dhidi ya jeshi hatari la tajiri wake na kuipa Urusi taharuki kubwa

    Hii ni historia ya aina yake. Alizaliwa mwaka 1961 huko Leningrad leo hii ikiitwa St.Petersburg, miaka ya 1980 kabla hata hajafikisha miaka 20 akapewa hukumu ya kifungo cha miaka 2 na baadaye 13 jela kwa makosa ya ujambazi lakini akatumikia miaka 9 na kurudi uraiani. Wakati anatoka jela miaka...
  5. Zacht

    Alexander Lukashenko: Nilijitahidi kumshawishi Prigozhin

    Raisi wa Belarus anasema: "Nilikuwa nikijaribu kumshawishi [Prigozhin] kwa muda mrefu. Mwishowe nilisema: 'Unajua, unaweza kufanya chochote unachotaka. Lakini usinichukie (kwa nitakacho kifanya ). Kikosi kimetayarishwa kwa ajili ya kupelekwa Moscow tutaitetea Moscow kama tulivyoifanya mwaka...
  6. BARD AI

    Yevgeny Prigozhin: Hatukuwa na lengo la kumpindua Rais Putin

    Kiongozi wa Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin ameweka wazi kuwa hakumlenga Putin alipotangaza kuwa wanajeshi wake wangeandamana mjini Moscow akisema: "Hatukuandamana kuupindua uongozi wa Urusi." Katika ujumbe wake wa video wa dakika 11, anasema: "Lengo la maandamano hayo lilikuwa kuepusha uharibifu wa...
  7. MT255

    Russian mercenary chief Prigozhin says his forces will leave Bakhmut next week

    *zele kama zele anamjambisha mtu mzima * May 5 (Reuters) - Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Russia's Wagner Group mercenary force, said in a sudden and dramatic announcement on Friday that his forces would leave the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut that they have been trying to capture since last summer...
Back
Top Bottom