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Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died in a plane crash, representing the criminal trajectory of the Russian state. From a street vendor to running the Wagner Group, a government-funded private military apparatus, Prigozhin's portfolio included elite catering and election meddling in the U.S.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner mercenary group and a member of President Vladimir Putin's wider circle, has accused Kremlin factions of destroying the Russian state by trying to sow discord between him and Chechen fighters. Prigozhin said a dispute between him and Chechen forces had been resolved, but infighting in the Kremlin had opened a Pandora's Box of rifts. He also criticized the current state of the war and the culpability of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary group and a member of President Vladimir Putin's wider circle, has accused Kremlin factions of destroying the Russian state by trying to sow discord between him and Chechen fighters. Prigozhin said a dispute between him and Chechen forces had been resolved, but infighting in the Kremlin had opened a Pandora's Box of rifts. Putin had been forced to scold them at a Security Council meeting, he said.