He was once known as President Putin's “chef” for catering state events. Now, with his mercenary group pushing for a victory in eastern Ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhin is emerging as a new face of Russia's war and challenging Moscow's military leaders.
, Mali and the Central African Republic. Russia has consistently denied the involvement of the Wagner Group in its official military operations.
He has openly criticized Russian military top brass, and a Wagner-linked social media channel shared a rant by two men who claimed to be Russian soldiers criticizing army chiefs amid reports of low morale and organizational disarray, with Prigozhin subsequently vowing to “make them solve” the problems on the frontline in an audio post.
Tatiana Stanovaya, Russia expert at the Washington.-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace think tank, wrote of a looming tussle between pragmatists wishing to de-escalate the conflict, and hawks who want to double down and radically restructure Russia’s political system.
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