Putin broke his silence on Prigozhin last night, describing him as 'a man of difficult fate' who had 'made serious mistakes in life'
“I want to express my sincere condolences to the families of all the victims. It’s always a tragedy,” Putin said in remarks recorded at a meeting with the head of the Russia-annexed Donetsk region in Ukraine.
Recalling that he had known Prigozhin since the early 1990s, Putin described Prigozhin as “a man of difficult fate” who had “made serious mistakes in life,” adding that, “he was a talented man, a talented businessman.”
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