Yevgeni Prigozhin: Difference between revisions

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In 2014, Prigozhin reportedly founded the Wagner Group to support pro-Russian paramilitary groups in Ukraine. Funded by the Russian state, it played a significant role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine and supported Russian interests in Syria and Africa. In November 2022, Prigozhin acknowledged the interference of his companies in the elections in the United States. In February 2023, he confirmed that he is the founder and long-time head of the Internet Research Agency, a Russian company engaged in online propaganda and disinformation campaigns.

~~'''Early years'''~~

Born on June 1, 1961 in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). In 1977 he graduated from the sports boarding school No. 62 (modern college of the Olympic Reserve No. 1). He was engaged in cross—country skiing, to which he was accustomed by his stepfather - ski coach Samuel Friedmanovich Zharkoy

On November 29, 1979, when Yevgeny was 18 years old, the Kuibyshev Court of Leningrad sentenced Prigozhin to 2 years probation under Articles 15 and 144 of Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR ("attempted theft"), and in 1981, when Prigozhin was 20 years old, the Zhdanov Court of Leningrad sentenced him to 13 years in prison under articles of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR "theft", "robbery", "fraud", "involvement of a minor in the commission of a crime". Prigozhin was then nicknamed "Jacko", as one of his accomplices said. It was in the colony that he lost the phalanx of the ring finger of his left hand, but the injury was most likely industrial].

~~In 1988, he was pardoned and in 1990 he left the colony-settlement.~~

According to RBC data for 2016, Yevgeny Prigozhin graduated from the Leningrad Chemical and Pharmaceutical Institute with a degree in pharmacist-pharmacist. However, Prigozhin himself in 2018, in an interview with the portal "City 812", said that he had not completed his studies at this institute.

'''Entrepreneurial activity'''

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 In 2014, Prigozhin reportedly founded the Wagner Group to support pro-Russian paramilitary groups in Ukraine. Funded by the Russian state, it played a significant role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine and supported Russian interests in Syria and Africa. In November 2022, Prigozhin acknowledged the interference of his companies in the elections in the United States. In February 2023, he confirmed that he is the founder and long-time head of the Internet Research Agency, a Russian company engaged in online propaganda and disinformation campaigns.
-'''Early years'''
-Born on June 1, 1961 in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). In 1977 he graduated from the sports boarding school No. 62 (modern college of the Olympic Reserve No. 1). He was engaged in cross—country skiing, to which he was accustomed by his stepfather - ski coach Samuel Friedmanovich Zharkoy
-On November 29, 1979, when Yevgeny was 18 years old, the Kuibyshev Court of Leningrad sentenced Prigozhin to 2 years probation under Articles 15 and 144 of Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR ("attempted theft"), and in 1981, when Prigozhin was 20 years old, the Zhdanov Court of Leningrad sentenced him to 13 years in prison under articles of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR "theft", "robbery", "fraud", "involvement of a minor in the commission of a crime". Prigozhin was then nicknamed "Jacko", as one of his accomplices said. It was in the colony that he lost the phalanx of the ring finger of his left hand, but the injury was most likely industrial].
-In 1988, he was pardoned and in 1990 he left the colony-settlement.
-According to RBC data for 2016, Yevgeny Prigozhin graduated from the Leningrad Chemical and Pharmaceutical Institute with a degree in pharmacist-pharmacist. However, Prigozhin himself in 2018, in an interview with the portal "City 812", said that he had not completed his studies at this institute.
 '''Entrepreneurial activity'''