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Why did the former protege become his worst enemy, calling his men to an uprising against the Russian military command? For months, Yevgeny Prigojine has strongly criticized the choices in the war in Ukraine. Today he challenges the head of the Kremlin. Is he able to overthrow the power?
The war in Ukraine has madeYevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of Wagner’s mercenaries, a social media star. He is one of the few public figures who can criticize certain generals appointed by Vladimir Putin with impunity. His favorite target is Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Defense Minister. “The war was necessary for the self-promotion of a gang of sal***, to show how strong their army is, for Shoigu to be named marshal”he said, Friday, June 23.
Unpopular in Russia
To illustrate his attacks against the Russian general staff, he regularly stages himself on the front lines alongside his men, living or dead. Former common law prisoner, Yevgeny Prigozhin was never part of the Russian elite, and owes his fortune to the restaurants he opened in Saint-Petersburg (Russia), his hometown. Formerly nicknamed the “cook of Putin”, which he served in the Kremlin, he appears today as his rival.
“I don’t think he can claim a position as head of the Russian state, just because he is not popular in Russia”however, analyzes General Dominique Trinquant, a specialist in international issues and former head of the French military mission to the UN, who says he is considered a “thug“, and one “mafiaby the Russians.