"Russian Propaganda and Putin's Funding Claims: Unraveling the Wagner Group's Controversial Connections"

Russian propagandist Dmitrii Kiseliov claimed that the Kremlin has spent at least a trillion roubles (US$11.2 billion) on contracts with the Wagner PMC and Yevgeny Prigozhin's Concord Holding. Kiseliov stated that the Wagner Group received over 858 billion roubles, while Concord Holding separately provided services worth 845 billion roubles. These figures, distributed by Kremlin media, highlight the scale of business and ambitions of Prigozhin's companies. It is worth noting that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin previously denied any connection between the Kremlin and the Wagner PMC, but later admitted to paying them.