WAGNER GROUP MERCENARY BOSS PRIGOZHIN ADMITS TO MEDDLING IN US ELECTIONS

Mon 07 November 2022:

Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin has admitted to interfering in United States elections and said he would continue doing so in the future, the first such admission from a figure who has been formally implicated by Washington in efforts to influence US politics.

In comments posted by the press service of his Concord catering firm on Russia’s Facebook equivalent VKontakte, Prigozhin said: “We have interfered (in US elections), we are interfering and we will continue to interfere. Carefully, accurately, surgically and in our own way, as we know how to do.”

The remark was posted on the eve of the US midterm elections in response to a request for comment from a Russian news site.

“During our pinpoint operations, we will remove both kidneys and the liver at once,” Prigozhin said. He did not elaborate on the cryptic comment.

Prigozhin, who is often referred to as “Putin’s chef” because his catering company operates Kremlin contracts, has been formally accused of sponsoring Russia-based “troll farms” that seek to influence US politics. In September he admitted to founding the Kremlin-aligned, mercenary Wagner Group,

The high-profile announcement was interpreted by many analysts as evidence Prigozhin was considering a possible political role in Russia.

For years, the Wagner group had been suspected of playing a role in realising Moscow’s overseas ambitions, with the Kremlin denying any links. Its presence has been reported in conflict zones including Syria, Libya, Mali, and Central African Republic, where it has been accused of abuses and capturing state power.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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