The Guardian Weekly

Militia man

I founded Wagner, says Putin ally

Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, admitted that he founded the Wagner Group private military company in 2014, the first public confirmation of a link he has previously denied. The Russian businessman said he founded Wagner to support Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Wagner has been accused of committing human rights abuses in Ukraine, Syria, Libya, Central African Republic, Sudan and Mozambique.

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