A businessman close to Putin admits to “interfering” in the US elections
The head of the private military company Wagner stated that these interventions were carried out “with caution and precision.”
A Russian businessman close to the Kremlin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, admitted on MondayconfusionIn the US elections, on the eve of the important midterm elections in the United States that for years have accused Moscow of meddling. “We intervened, we intervened, and we will continue to do so. Carefully, meticulously, surgically, in our own wayPrigojine said, in a social media post from his company Concord.
The comments came in response to a question about accusations of Russian interference in the mid-term elections scheduled to be held in the United States on Tuesday, an election that Moscow is closely monitoring in the context of the crisis between it and Washington since the start of its offensive. in Ukraine. Prigogine, who is under US and European sanctions, has been accused for several years of interfering in US elections, particularly during the 2016 presidential election.
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He is particularly accused of creating “troll farmFalse profiles operating on social networks to try to influence voters, for example by discrediting candidates or transmitting false information. The once-reservative businessman is asserting himself more and more as a public figure in Russia, multiplying appearances in support of the Moscow attack. in Ukraine.
The end of September, Prigojine significantly Admitted to founding the Wagner paramilitary group in 2014 To fight in Ukraine, recognizing its presence in particular in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
It is suspected that for years this paramilitary group has been carrying out the Kremlin base work in the shadows in various theaters of operations, which Moscow and Prigogine have always denied. Famous for being close to Vladimir Putin, Prigozhin was for a time one of the suppliers of Kremlin kitchens, which earned him the nickname “Putin cooking“.
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