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Latest news on Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian businessman and the founder of the Wagner mercenary group. He is believed to have made his fortune through government contracts, particularly in the catering industry, and is often referred to as "Putin's chef" due to his involvement in running a number of high-end restaurants frequented by the Russian president.
Despite being sanctioned by Western countries for years, an has revealed that Prigozhin generated over $250 million from his global natural resources empire in the four years before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Wagner group has been accused of numerous human rights abuses in almost every country it has operated in. The revenues from Prigozhin’s mercenary-backed businesses in countries such as Sudan and Syria since 2018 have helped him emerge as a powerful warlord in President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.