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Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin (Russian: Евгений Викторович Пригожин, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ prʲɪˈɡoʐɨn]; 1 June 1961 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian mercenary leader and oligarch.
Aug 23, 2023 · The founder of the Wagner private mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died when his plane fell out of the sky, was once close enough to Vladimir Putin to be called his “personal chef”...
Jun 25, 2023 · Yevgeny Prigozhin hails from St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin's home city. He received his first criminal conviction in 1979, aged just 18, and got a suspended two-and-a-half year...
Yevgeny Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule.
Jun 25, 2024 · Yevgeny Prigozhin (born June 1, 1961, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now St. Petersburg, Russia]—died August 23, 2023, near Kuzhenkino, Russia) was a Russian oligarch, best known as the leader of the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary outfit.
Aug 25, 2023 · Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the outspoken tycoon who built a private paramilitary force that fought on Russia’s behalf in Ukraine and Africa but whose harsh judgment of its army leadership led him to...
Jun 24, 2023 · Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, halted his march on Moscow and withdrew his forces from a southern Russia military hub.
Aug 23, 2023 · The US has rejected suggestions that a surface-to-air missile brought down a plane presumed to have been carrying Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin on Wednesday. Pentagon officials also said...
Aug 27, 2023 · Russian authorities confirmed the death of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, putting to rest any doubts about whether the wily mercenary leader turned mutineer was on a plane that crashed...
Jun 23, 2023 · Yevgeny V. Prigozhin became rich through his personal ties to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, winning lucrative catering and construction contracts with the Russian government...
