He always said he had nothing to do with the Wagner mercenaries, but it was a pity that he was then photographed in Donbass in camouflage suit. It’s about Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as “Putin’s Chef” and wanted by the FBI for meddling in the US elections. However, he, a 60yearold entrepreneur, says he is only in the restaurant business. So he was quick to deny the camouflage photo that went viral on social media. It was published by the deputy from the Putinino party Vitaly Milonov, who has been in Donbass since April 14: “I met an old friend,” he wrote on Vkontakte, Russia’s Facebook.
Prepare the explanation of the “cook”: “I go to Nevsky Prospect, I see Milonov approaching and I greet him. That’s the whole story.” His business began in 1990, when Prigozhin along with his stepfather a hot dog stand. Then he also gained experience in other industries: casinos, a grocery chain. Until the opening of his first restaurant “The Ancient Customs”. And later also a river boat converted into a luxury club, “New Island”. A place Putin often frequents in the company of international leaders. “The President has seen me build my fortune, starting with a banquet; he saw how I didn’t hold back if there was a dish to put on the table,” he said.
Then in 2013 we talk about him because of a group of young computer scientists who would have been accused of spreading false news. Information that even arrives in American chats. It was kind Troll factory, who would then do anything to make Hillary Clinton lose. However, in 2014, with the outbreak of war in Donbass, his name was compared to Wagner, a private company set up by a former special force. Dmitry Utkin. A group known for atrocities committed during the war. And although “the chef” says he has nothing to do with them, according to the Ukrainian site Uawire, quoted by Corriere della Sera, the official Interfax news agency wrote in 2018 that a certain Dmitry Utkin had become general manager of Concord management may be. coincidentally, the Prigozhin restaurant enterprise.
