Look at Yevgeny Prigozhin's biography to understand what this theater is all about. Prigozhin doesn't have any previous credentials in the military, but founded Wagner in only 2022. Right away this suggests he is nothing more than public Con Artist. But there's more. The following will paint the picture to who Prigozhin really is. I believe the Putin government have Prigozhin by the balls. The script Prigozhin has been using is theater that Ukraine has foolishly responded to in the past. This newest drama may be more of this. Will Ukraine respond to the diatribe Prigozhin has publicly stated? It appears Ukraine is indeed responding to it by foolishly trying to retake Bahkmut.
Prigozhin background is one of an incredibly shady character, who** formerly did prison time**.
After his release from prison in 1990, Prigozhin began selling hot dogs alongside his mother and stepfather in the Aprashaka flea market of Leningrad. From 1991 to 1997, Prigozhin was heavily involved in the grocery store business. Around the same time, Prigozhin became involved in the gambling business. In 1995, Prigozhin entered the restaurant business. Prigozhin personally served food to Vladimir Putin and French president Jacques Chirac when they dined at New Island. In 2012, he received a contract to supply meals to the Russian military worth US$1.2 billion over one year. Some of the profits from this contract are alleged to have been used to start and fund the Internet Research Agency. By this point he owned a private jet and a 115-foot yacht. Prigozhin has been linked to several aircraft since, including two Cessna 182s as well as Embraer Legacy 600, British Aerospace 125 and Hawker 800XP jets. The Anti-Corruption Foundation has accused Prigozhin of corrupt business practices. In 2017, they estimated his illegal wealth to be worth more than one billion rubles. Prigozhin is the self-reported founder of the controversial Kremlin-affiliated private military contractor Wagner Group. On 26 September 2022, Prigozhin stated that he founded the Wagner Group specifically to support Russian forces in the war in Donbas, in May 2014.
Here, I'm taking my information from what "Simplicius" has said. It still stands that Prigozhin is sort of a 'bookkeeper' and 'event manager' having little actual combat experience or military schooling himself. He's certainly appears to be a shady character that has been 'allowed' to be free from prison. Wagner itself is composed of mercenaries and recruited prisoners.
On that note, though, let’s explore a few possible options for what could actually be going on.
Prigozhin is working with AFU/SBU/CIA to backstab and destroy Russia, coordinating his actions with them.
Prigozhin is secretly working with Putin to remove the stodgily entrenched Russian command. Notice, not in a single one of his rants has Prigozhin accused Putin or so much as even mentioned his name. There’s a possibility that all this is theater to cause a “conciliatory deal” to be made which will result in the ‘stepping aside’ of Shoigu. Putin has previously “laterally promoted” (in actuality demotions) several big name siloviki in the past. For instance, Sergei Ivanov who was deputy prime minister and presidential chief of staff was “moved” to head some ‘ecological’ department. Could we see Shoigu used as a fig leaf to settle the impasse by “laterally” moving him to some other ostensibly ‘important’ (but actually irrelevant) position?
Everything is actually “as is” and whatever we see on the surface of the conflict pretty much represents what’s really happening.
Look at Yevgeny Prigozhin's biography to understand what this theater is all about. Prigozhin doesn't have any previous credentials in the military, but founded Wagner in only 2022. Right away this suggests he is nothing more than public Con Artist. But there's more. The following will paint the picture to who Prigozhin really is. I believe the Putin government have Prigozhin by the balls. The script Prigozhin has been using is theater that Ukraine has foolishly responded to in the past. This newest drama may be more of this. Will Ukraine respond to the diatribe Prigozhin has publicly stated? It appears Ukraine is indeed responding to it by foolishly trying to retake Bahkmut.
Prigozhin background is one of an incredibly shady character, who** formerly did prison time**.
After his release from prison in 1990, Prigozhin began selling hot dogs alongside his mother and stepfather in the Aprashaka flea market of Leningrad. From 1991 to 1997, Prigozhin was heavily involved in the grocery store business. Around the same time, Prigozhin became involved in the gambling business. In 1995, Prigozhin entered the restaurant business. Prigozhin personally served food to Vladimir Putin and French president Jacques Chirac when they dined at New Island. In 2012, he received a contract to supply meals to the Russian military worth US$1.2 billion over one year. Some of the profits from this contract are alleged to have been used to start and fund the Internet Research Agency. By this point he owned a private jet and a 115-foot yacht. Prigozhin has been linked to several aircraft since, including two Cessna 182s as well as Embraer Legacy 600, British Aerospace 125 and Hawker 800XP jets. The Anti-Corruption Foundation has accused Prigozhin of corrupt business practices. In 2017, they estimated his illegal wealth to be worth more than one billion rubles. Prigozhin is the self-reported founder of the controversial Kremlin-affiliated private military contractor Wagner Group. On 26 September 2022, Prigozhin stated that he founded the Wagner Group specifically to support Russian forces in the war in Donbas, in May 2014.
You misread it, he hadn't publicly stated he led Wagner group until 2022, when he said that he founded it in 2014.
Here, I'm taking my information from what "Simplicius" has said. It still stands that Prigozhin is sort of a 'bookkeeper' and 'event manager' having little actual combat experience or military schooling himself. He's certainly appears to be a shady character that has been 'allowed' to be free from prison. Wagner itself is composed of mercenaries and recruited prisoners.
On that note, though, let’s explore a few possible options for what could actually be going on.
Prigozhin is working with AFU/SBU/CIA to backstab and destroy Russia, coordinating his actions with them.
Prigozhin is secretly working with Putin to remove the stodgily entrenched Russian command. Notice, not in a single one of his rants has Prigozhin accused Putin or so much as even mentioned his name. There’s a possibility that all this is theater to cause a “conciliatory deal” to be made which will result in the ‘stepping aside’ of Shoigu. Putin has previously “laterally promoted” (in actuality demotions) several big name siloviki in the past. For instance, Sergei Ivanov who was deputy prime minister and presidential chief of staff was “moved” to head some ‘ecological’ department. Could we see Shoigu used as a fig leaf to settle the impasse by “laterally” moving him to some other ostensibly ‘important’ (but actually irrelevant) position?
Everything is actually “as is” and whatever we see on the surface of the conflict pretty much represents what’s really happening.
Sounds lile a straight up gangster.
People say that he got his position of power in Russia and his government contracts because he is a gangster