WARLORD, tycoon, and Putin’s greatest enemy, Yevgeny Prigozhin rose through the ranks to control Russia’s mercenary army before dying in a fireball private jet crash. An endlessly vocal criti…
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Prigozhin claimed that Putin is being lied to by Russia's military top brass about "colossal" Russian battlefield failures in Ukraine. As communism collapsed, he was freed after serving nine years. Hardened and opportunistic, he began flogging hot dogs on the streets of a crumbling St Petersburg. Pictures show him serving George W. Bush, lurking in the background of a dinner between G8 leaders including Tony Blair, and even bringing his benefactor Putin a dinner.
The war in Ukraine changed all of that. "He came from the shadows to lay down his claims," Dr Huseyn Aliyev, an expert on Russia and the conflict in Ukraine told The Sun Online. He added: "Putin is a dictator. Prigozhin is carving his place into the Putin regime. It's remarkable they allow him to say this stuff against Putin. He's defying everything."
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