Russia. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft. and when released in 1990, he became a hot dog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997 he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders. and to putin himself. and prigozhin s role was becoming about much more than food. in 2014 russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. of that time, he s said a group of patriots was born , which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner s military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing
Ultimate in my experience, putin is the ultimate apostle of payback. | ultimate apostle of payback. i know you are not at liberty to disclose intelligence briefings you get on the house intelligence committee but was very sense in us intelligence that prigozhin was indeed not safe and essentially you are waiting for the other shoe to drop? i waiting for the other shoe to dro - ? ~ :, , drop? i think that feeling is laruel drop? i think that feeling is largely probably drop? i think that feeling is largely probably yes. i drop? i think that feeling is largely probably yes. of i largely probably yes. of course, we don t have any evidence to document this at this time. i think over the course of the months and weeks to come, i think we will find this out. i have to say i don t think the story necessarily ends here for that mr prigozhin and mr utkin were the number one and two of wagner but there are many leaders and wagner. many in the middle east and africa. we don t know how they
Statement confirming yevgeny prigozhin s name was on the passenger manifest of that plane. that is very fast for that particular agency. it usually takes much longer to respond to incidents like this. but already raise a few eyebrows here because after all, speculation has been swirling for some time now for the exactly about what fate would await yevgeny prigozhin. when yevgeny prigozhin launched his mutiny exactly two months ago, his wagner mercenary is these are major russian city and even marched on my must go. there was hugely written for the kremlin and vladimir putin is not the kind of man to forget that. if you give any progression was killed in the plane crash today which is likely, it will come as no shock whatsoever to most people here. most people will probably be surprised it did not happen
Caught on camera, the final seconds of a private jet. on board, reportedly, the head of a private mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin. look over there by the farm, it is burning, the eyewitness can be heard saying. in the distance, a giant cloud of smoke. the plane had crashed north of moscow. yevgeny prigozhin s right hand man, the wagner commander, was also thought to have been on board. later, a wagner linked telegram channel confirmed that yevgeny prigozhin had been killed. it claimed it was the result of the actions of traitors of russia. it is two months to the day since the wagner chief launched what he called his march ofjustice, his mutiny, the insurrection by wagner forces who had been fighting on the kremlin s side in ukraine.
How the real reason for this war in l had |e had to do with how the real reason for this war in l had to had to do with how the real reason for this war in l had to do to do with how the real reason for this war in l had to do with o with how the real reason for this war in l had to do with certain money, had to do with certain interest in russia, seeing it interest in russia, seeing it in their best interests financially to actually commit this criminal invasion. the second thing that new knee revealed is that there are a lot of people in russia who were willing to go along with prigozhin, potentially or at least waiting on the sidelines to see how things will unfold. i don t know their to putin are as concrete as we might have brought before. final question, as ou brought before. final question, as you said. brought before. final question, as you said, many brought before. final question, as you said, many questions i as you said, many questions being asked about wagner fighters