Pigozin's story from punishment, U.S. sanctions to its tragic end

In 1990, after being released from prison, work begins as an ambulant hot dogs dealer. Soon he was able to open a chain of restaurants, a cathering company called Concorde, and a casino. In the 1990 ' s Putin worked in the Baschia in St. Petersburg, where they were recognized because of the luxury restaurants of Prigozy, where he also received very important people.

Taking advantage of the elite recognition, and especially when Putin became president of Russia, Prygozyn and his company Concordia benefit contracts for government services where one of the most famous has been that of US President George W. Bush. The contracts won by Prygozy did not end here after he managed to get a mind-blown contract for cathering in schools in Russia. The contracts won by Pigozin gave him Putin's chef's nickname.

Foundation of Wagner Group

For the first time, Wagner Group's name was heard in 2014 when Russia's annexation of Crime began. Western intelligence, which at the time had information that its founder was Evgeny Pgozhin, was not accepted until September 2022, when Pgoxhin himself appeared in several videos that recruited Russian prisoners.

Name Wagner: The commander of this company or CEO is Dmitry Utkin, a former lieutenant colonel of Russian Special Forces veteran Chechnya war. Utkin's code name is believed to be Wagner during his service, and for this he named the Wagner Group company.

Since 2017 Wagner has also appeared on the African continent in several countries such as the Central African Republic, Mali, and Sudan, where there is considerable delocation of forces. According to humanitarian associations Wagner is responsible for many massacres in the civilian population of these areas.

Initially, Wagner Group had about 5 thousand effective, mainly former professional military, but their numbers rose significantly during the war in Ukraine, reaching up to 50,000 soldiers, where 80% of them were imprisoned.

Sanctions against Wagner

So Prigozy and Wagner, the United States, have imposed a series of sanctions. Initially, they started in 2016 over the conflict in Ukraine until, in February 2018, Prygozh and 13 other citizens were accused of having intervened in the 2018 elections in favour of Donald Trump's election campaign.

Wagner engagement in other conflicts

In 2015, forces and mercenaries are in Syria, where they fight against rebel forces. In 2017, Wagner's forces appeared in Libya, supporting the forces of General Khalifa Haftar. They have also participated in military operations in Sudan, the Republic of Central Africa, Mozambique, while Islamic groups in Mali fight by supporting government forces.

Wagner's income

President Putin said Wagner Group had been awarded a $1 billion contract by the Defence Ministry during 2022-2023.

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, Prigozy has made revenue with Wagner from their presence in several other countries.

His companies own gold and diamonds mines in the Central African Republic and Sudan.

According to US authorities, one of Pigozin energy companies gets about 25% of the entire oil and gas fields Wagner took over. SIS during the conflict in Syria.

Wagner Crimes

Prosecutors in Ukraine accuse Wagner of killing civilians and torture in the vicinity of Kiev in 2022 along with regular military forces. German intelligence says Wagner troops are also linked to the massacres of civilians in Buchan on March 2022. The French government has accused Wagner of raping and robbing civilians in the Central African Republic. The United States in 2020 accused Wagner of deploying mines to Libya's capital of Tripoli.

How did the clash with Russian army leaders begin?

Pigozin has repeatedly accused Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Armed Forces head Valeriy Gerasimov of incompetence. Bloods became more heated when Shoigu ordered that soldiers sign contracts by putting Wagner in their control.

On June 23rd, Pigozin accused army leaders of bombing Wagner's forces. A day later he took control of the town of Rostov on Don from which he started and marched to Moscow, where he would aim to evacuate army leaders.

On the 25th, with President Lukaschenko Pigozin's intervention, he pulls out troops and heads to Belarus.

Wagner Group is dismantled by Putin, while all those who have not participated in desertion can sign contracts with the Russian Army on 1 July