Yevgeny Prigozin: The Influential Russian Oligarch Behind Putin's Chef and Wagner Group

 

Yevgeny Prigozin: The Influential Russian Oligarch Behind Putin's Chef and Wagner Group

Yevgeny Prigozin

Yevgeny Prigozin is a Russian oligarch who is known as puttin's chef.He is a close person of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Born:

June 1,1961,saint petersburg,Russia.

Parents:

His Mother's name is Violetta Prigozhina.When he was young,his father was died.His mother grew up him as a single mother by working in a local hospital. 

Educational life: 

He went to prestigious athletics boarding school where he was graduated in 1977.In his school life,he wanted to be a professional cross-country skier. 

Personal Life:

Prigozin married with Lyubov Valentinovna Prigozhina who was a pharmacist.They had two daughter's,polina and veronika and a son,pavel.

Early life:

In 1979,at a age of 18,he was caught for stealing,but he was not punished.After two years later,he was again caught for stealing and sentenced to twelve years imprisonment.After his release from jail in 1990,Prigojin used to sell hot doog at Open-Air Market in Leningrad Because Putin was the chairman of the caretaker board of casino and gambling since 1991.He started the restaurant business from 1995.

 

Another photo of Prigozin

Wagner Group:

Prigojin is the founder of the Wagner Group.Prigojin says he has established this group to help Russia in the battle of Donbas.The party was led by Dimitri Ukkin. 

Wagner Group's involvement in the war of Ukraine in Russia:

Russia has played an important role in the Ukrainian war.Wagner Group used billboard to appoint Russian members.But Prigojin denied these arguments.He said that the Wagner Group works for the foreign interests of Russia,for the people of Arabia,for the people of Arabia,African and Latin Americans.The Wagner Group was conspired to use for the coup in Russia and claimed his forces were active in violation of the war censorship law in 2022.He opposed it that the forces required for the coup were not in the Wagner.Instead, the Russian Armed Forces launched a missile attack to the Wagner forces where a large number of its soldiers were killed.As a result,the Russian Federal Security Service sued Progozine to demand an armed uprising.Wagner opened fire on Rosh-on-Don and Moscow,a Russian city of Russia,from an Illiushin Il-22 fighter plane and several military helicopters.President Putin declared the incident as sedition.After negotiating with Progogo Belarus President Alexander Lucashenko,he stopped moving to Moscow and made an agreement.The part of the agreement is:Progogine will leave and Wagner's troops will move to Ukrane. 

Wagner Group in Africa: 

Progozine and Wagner Group has done a lot of work in Africa throughout 2018.Currently,thousands of troops from Wagner Group are employed in several countries in Africa.Wagner Group is a major tool to increase Russia's economic and military impact in Africa.The group has earned many profits by importing heavy mining equipment from the African Republic to rare wood,Andasima gold mines,Cameroonian seaports,transporting heavy weapons. 

Reward:

In 2022,Prigogine received the title of Hero from the Russian Federation.He also received several other Russian awards.

Written By:Digidesk Team 

Published Date & Time:6/27/23 2:32