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Putin opens probe into rebel Wagner Group leader who got $2B in government funds
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1:44Now PlayingRussian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said he is opening a money probe into rebellious Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose businesses received $2 billion from the government in the past year.
While the Kremlin said Prigozhin would be pardoned and exiled over his weekend attempted coup, the Russian president said officials will be scrutinizing not only Wagner’s finances but also his Concord catering company, which earned him the nickname “Putin’s chef.”
Speaking to Russian troops who faced off against Wagner over the weekend, Putin said Prigozhin’s mercenaries had been “fully financed” by the state, receiving about $1 billion from the Defense Ministry for their budget from May 2022 to May 2023.
Putin added that Prigozhin, an oligarch, secured about $1 billion in government contracts for his catering to provide food to the army, with the president suggesting that the businesses might have laundered some money.
“I do hope that, as part of this work, no one stole anything … but we will, of course, investigate all of this,” Putin said, without directly naming Prigozhin.
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