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From hot dog seller to mercenary leader: The rise of Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin
Sky News ^ | May 15, 2023

Posted on 05/25/2023 4:01:56 AM PDT by McGruff

Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, has become an increasingly important figure during the Ukraine war, his company playing a key role in Russia's attempt to take the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

Prigozhin has a colourful back story, beginning with the time he spent in prison in the 1980s.

"And this is where things become very mysterious because he transformed himself from hot dog seller to restaurateur to the grand and great of the new post-Soviet Russian elite."

Recently, however, Prigozhin has criticised senior Russian figures and appears to be distancing himself from Vladimir Putin (though that is disputed).

Joana de Deus Pereira, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, says: "Vladimir Putin considers him not a threat but a liability."

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1 posted on 05/25/2023 4:01:56 AM PDT by McGruff
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‘A Total F***up’: Russian Mercenaries in Syria Lament U.S. Strike That Killed Dozens

The incident in question occurred on the night of February 7 and early morning of February 8, when Syrian government forces—backed by Russian mercenaries employed by CHVK Wagner—attempted to capture an oil refinery near the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor. After Russian personnel came into contact with American troops stationed there, the U.S. forces responded with artillery and airstrikes.

https://www.newsweek.com/total-f-russian-mercenaries-syria-lament-us-strike-killed-dozens-818073

You might not want to take military advice from this guy.

2 posted on 05/25/2023 4:08:44 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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3 posted on 05/25/2023 4:13:46 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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4 posted on 05/25/2023 4:20:50 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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If your advice had been followed throughout history, the world might be a totally different place today.

Douglas Macarthur was driven out of the Phillipines.
Winston Churchill was disgraced in Gallipoli.
Bernard Montgomery’s Operation Market Garden Failed.
Omar Bradley totally missed the German buildup before the Battle of the Bulge.

Every major US war except one since WW II either ended in some form or a stalemate or loss by the USA.

Military commanders throughout history have failed, often times more than once, writing this guy off is a bad idea at this point.

The point being a former hot dog seller cleared Bakhmut of the Ukrainian Army which had been trained and supplied by NATO.

That is bad regardless of how you spin it.


5 posted on 05/25/2023 4:27:03 AM PDT by srmanuel
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I’m pretty sure he doesn’t make any command decisions. He is the face of Wagner but not a military person. One thing he does do is put himself near the front line fighting. I think he does that because he likes the danger and to gain the loyalty of his men. He is definitely a character.


6 posted on 05/25/2023 4:28:56 AM PDT by Rdct29 (The Democrats Are The New Nazi Party )
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Very weak article.

Prigozhin was sentenced in 1980 to 12 years for leading a criminal gang. He was let out in 9.

His Hot Dog Empire wasn’t because he developed a tasty secret sauce.

The secret sauce of Prigozhin and his family taking over every hot dog stand in St. Petersburg shortly after the commies had made these legal was extreme violence.

He is a gangster through and through.


7 posted on 05/25/2023 4:37:15 AM PDT by Krosan
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Same kind of stuff could happen in America very soon. Average people may rise up.


8 posted on 05/25/2023 4:53:12 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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Zelensky should have required his generals to take hotdog sales training before fighting in Bakhmut.


9 posted on 05/25/2023 5:13:21 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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