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Prigozhin also heads other companies and has funded companies accused of interfering in US elections.
Prigozhin at the 2016 Foreign Investor Conference in St. Petersburg.
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According to The Times, Prigozhin is known not only for his catering business, but also for founding Concord Management and Consulting Company and starting his own online news service.
a 2018 Indictment by the Department of Justice It also claims that Prigozhin funded the so-called Troll Factory known as the Internet Research Agency.
The indictment, which includes 12 other Russians and Prigogine’s Concord catering and consulting business, alleged that the Internet Investigation Service was “involved in operations to interfere with electoral and political processes.”
The company did this in part by creating a “fake US persona” and running social media pages discussing political and social issues.
Prigogine previously denied any involvement, but in a post on November 7, 2022, he admitted to interfering in Western elections. Russian social media site VKontakte.
“We have interfered, we will continue to interfere, and we will continue to interfere,” said Prigogine. “Careful, Precise, Surgical, and the Way We Know It”
“In pinpoint surgery, both the kidney and the liver are removed at once,” Prigogine added, alluding to the surgical nature of the operation.