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Who Is Yevgeny Prigozhin? The Wagner Group Mercenary Boss Backstabbing Putin

DOUBLE CROSSER

Prigozhin is a vulgarity-slinging businessman dubbed “Putin’s chef” who once ran a hot dog stand before becoming an entrepreneur with an affinity for trolling and disinformation.

Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves a cemetery before the funeral of a Russian military blogger who was killed in a bomb attack in a St Petersburg cafe, in Moscow, Russia, April 8, 2023
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