“Putin’s chef” admitted his connection with the Wagner company
Before that, journalists wrote that Wagner belonged to Prigozhin, but he, as a rule, denied it
Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin for the first time owns his Wagner military acknowledged his connection with the company.
Mercenaries of this company Ukraineare involved in conflicts in Syria, Libya and Africa.
Before that, journalists wrote that Wagner belonged to Prigozhin, but he, as a rule, denied it.
His own Concorde news Answering the journalist’s question on his website, Prigozhin said that in 2014 it was private military It was he who opened the company.
According to him, he decided to create this company “in one of the landfills”. military came after realizing that the formations are not suitable for the war in Ukraine.
According to Prigozhin, he has so far denied his relations with this company because “Russia not leave the foundations of patriotism” in a bad state.
He said that in 2014 from Ukraine to Luhansk weather it was his group that bought the port and “many other areas”.
Prigozhin called the company’s mercenary fighters “heroes who saved the Syrian people, Arab, African and Latin American countries from oppression.”
He used to deny it
Meduza newspaper notes that Prigozhin had previously denied any connection with the private military company and sued the journalists who claimed it.
For example, in 2022, the Presnensky court of Moscow dismissed such a claim by Alexey Venediktov, the editor of the Echo Moscow radio station, as unfounded.
This court in addition to his claims, Prigozhin managed to block access to materials linking him to this company from all Russian search engines.
In 2019, The Bell investigative website wrote that Prigogine was involved in the creation of a private military company Russia attracted the headquarters of the army.
Russia hero
A contractor for the Russian army, Prigozhin is also known for his closeness to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Despite this, he denied any connection with Wagner’s private military company.
This private company is armed not only with small arms, but also with heavy military equipment, artillery and aviation.
Russian law prohibits the creation of private military companies, and the Kremlin denies any ties to Wagner’s private military company.
Last summer, anonymous Telegram channels wrote about giving Prigozhin the title of Hero of Russia.
This decree it was not officially published, but the businessman was seen with this order on his collar at public events.