Yevgeny Prigozhin

<p><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin#cite_note-4"><strong> Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin</strong>[a]</a></sup> (<a title= "Russian language" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language">Russian</a>: <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru" xml:lang="ru">Евге́ний Ви́кторович Приго́жин</span></span>, <small>IPA: </small><span class= "IPA" lang="ru-Latn-fonipa" title= "Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" xml:lang="ru-Latn-fonipa"><a title="Help:IPA/Russian" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian">[jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ prʲɪˈɡoʐɨn]</a></span>; 1 June 1961 – 23 August 2023) was a <a title="Russians" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians">Russian</a> mercenary leader and <a title="Russian oligarchs" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_oligarchs">oligarch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin#cite_note-auto-5">[4]</a></sup> He led the <a title="Wagner Group" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group">Wagner Group</a> private military company and was a close confidant of Russian president <a title="Vladimir Putin" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> until launching <a title= "Wagner Group rebellion" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group_rebellion">a rebellion</a> in June 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class= "reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin#cite_note-6">[5]</a></sup> Prigozhin was sometimes referred to as "Putin's chef" because he owned restaurants and catering businesses that provided services to the <a title="Kremlin" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremlin">Kremlin</a>.<sup id= "cite_ref-:3_7-0" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin#cite_note-:3-7">[6]</a></sup> Once a convict in the <a title="Soviet Union" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union">Soviet Union</a>,<su