Wagner chief nicknamed the Russian president ‘papa’, but fell from grace after leading ill-fated mutiny in midst of Ukraine war
Mugger, convict, hotdog salesman, fine-dining boss, warlord and the mercenary chief who dared to challenge Vladimir Putin.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the 62-year-old owner of the Wagner Group and the cruellest commander of Putin’s illegal war on Ukraine, was all these things before his reported death.
Now he is the centre of a murky story of suspected revenge that brings far fewer surprises than his incredible rise to power from prison to Putin’s orbit.
Prigozhin fell from grace after leading a June mutiny against the Russian president in the midst of his illegal war in Ukraine.