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Yevgeny Prigozhin
Yevgeny Prigozhin was a Russian oligarch and close friend of President Vladimir Putin. He was sometimes known as 'Putin's chef' and was confirmed as the founder of the Wagner group in 2022. Prigozhin is believed to have been killed when a plane he was thought to be on crashed north-west of Moscow in August 2023.