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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”...
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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 sentence...
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.
Aug 28, 2023 · Wagner Group mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead after a plane crash north of Moscow two months after marching on the Russian military.
2 days ago · 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...
