Putin's 'chef' Prigozhin admits creating Wagner mercenary outfit in 2014
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By Sebastian Shukla and Anna Chernova, CNN Yevgeny Prigozhin, one of Russia’s most elusive oligarchs, has admitted to being the founder of the private military company known as Wagner in 2014, reversing years of denials about his connection to the shadowy outfit.
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Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, a Russian businessman and close associate of President Vladimir V. Putin, confirmed his role weeks after he was seen in a recruitment video for the private military company.
By Sebastian Shukla and Anna Chernova, CNN Yevgeny Prigozhin, one of Russia’s most elusive oligarchs, has admitted to being the founder of the private military company known as Wagner in 2014, reversing years of denials about his connection to the shadowy outfit.
Yevgeny Prigozhin says he formed organization in 2014 to send fighters to Ukraine's Donbas, hails the mercenaries accused of atrocities as 'heroes who defended the Syrian people'
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