Photo of once-feared Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin in skivvies leaked amid apparent Putin-led smear campaign
An unflattering photo of Yevgeny Prigozhin in his underwear was leaked online Friday amid an apparent campaign by Vladimir Putin’s regime to smear the Wagner boss following his mercenary group’s failed mutiny.
Metadata shows the snapshot was taken at 7:24 a.m. June 12, just 11 days before Prigozhin tried to lead an armed rebellion against Russian military leaders,The image is just the latest in a string of leaked snapsSix photos were aired Wednesday on a Russian state-controlled TV station showing Prigozhin donning a series of absurd disguises, complete with wigs and fake beards for his mercenary work overseas.
Prigozhin led troops on a march to Moscow last month as part of a suspected plan to capture top Russian military leaders to demand a military leadership change. In the wake of the surrender, Kremlin forces raided Prigozhin’s St. Petersburg mansion and office, where they found a roomful of sophisticated medical equipment, a massive arsenal of guns, multiple passports and nearly $111 million in cash and gold bars collected from his properties.
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