Prigozhin’s main claim to fame was the 13\u002Dyear stretch in a Russian penal colony he was given for his role in the violent mugging of a young woman in St Petersburg.
Prisoners who opted to join Wagner’s ranks did so because, as one of them remarked of Prigozhin, “He’s one of us and speaks our language.” But many of them have come to regret their decision, as thousands former Russian convicts are said to have been killed during the Bakhmut offensive as Russian commanders resorted to their traditional “meat grinder” tactics, where no serious consideration is given to casualties.
FILE – Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, on April 8, 2023.
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