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Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin [a] [b] (1 June 1961 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian mercenary leader and oligarch. [5] He led the Wagner Group , a private military company , and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until launching a rebellion in June 2023. [ 6 ]
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group private military company. Led a rebellion against Russian President Vladimir Putin (Jewish father) Yevgeny Primakov, Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. Karl Radek, Soviet politician [4] [8] [17]
He rarely made public appearances, but was allegedly the commander of the private military company, while Yevgeny Prigozhin was its owner and public face. [7] Utkin was awarded four Orders of Courage of Russia. Utkin was killed on 23 August 2023 when a plane carrying him, Prigozhin and eight others crashed in Tver Oblast, leaving no survivors ...
Yevgeny Prigozhin used his close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin to get rich and build a private army — then marched it on Moscow in a stunning challenge to his former boss’s rule.
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose brief march on Moscow was seen as the biggest challenge to Russian president Vladimir Putin’s 23-year-rule, was mentioned only toward the end of some reports.
The jet, which was en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg and carrying three pilots and seven passengers, belonged to Yevgeny Prigozhin. Head of Wagner Group was aboard jet that crashed, Russian ...
The Wagner Group, a Russian state-funded private military company led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, had played an important role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Prigozhin was a close confidant of Russia's president Vladimir Putin .
Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, escaped prosecution for his ...