| | On March 18, 2023 [[Western alliance|Western]] intelligence agencies revealed a thousand documents on Prigozhin's activities.<ref>[https://dossier-center.appspot.com/prig-it/ Prigozhin's Cyber Troops, How the IT infrastructure of Wagner, Troll Factory and Concord works.] March 18, 2023.</ref> Former UN weapons inspector [[Scott Ritter]] observed, "Prigozhin’s antics caught the attention of Ukrainian intelligence, and their British and US counterparts. The narcissistic need for attention, coupled with grandiose notions of self-importance, made Prigozhin an ideal candidate for recruitment by a hostile foreign intelligence service."<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/07/07/prigozhins-war/ Prigozhin’s War], July 7, 2023, Joe Lauria. ''Consortiumnews''.</ref> He is largely regarded as [[the West]]'s most destabilizing "[[useful idiot]]".<ref>[https://korybko.substack.com/p/prigozhin-was-the-wests-useful-idiot Prigozhin Was The West’s “Useful Idiot”], ANDREW KORYBKO, JUN 27, 2023.</ref> | | On March 18, 2023 [[Western alliance|Western]] intelligence agencies revealed a thousand documents on Prigozhin's activities.<ref>[https://dossier-center.appspot.com/prig-it/ Prigozhin's Cyber Troops, How the IT infrastructure of Wagner, Troll Factory and Concord works.] March 18, 2023.</ref> Former UN weapons inspector [[Scott Ritter]] observed, "Prigozhin’s antics caught the attention of Ukrainian intelligence, and their British and US counterparts. The narcissistic need for attention, coupled with grandiose notions of self-importance, made Prigozhin an ideal candidate for recruitment by a hostile foreign intelligence service."<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/07/07/prigozhins-war/ Prigozhin’s War], July 7, 2023, Joe Lauria. ''Consortiumnews''.</ref> He is largely regarded as [[the West]]'s most destabilizing "[[useful idiot]]".<ref>[https://korybko.substack.com/p/prigozhin-was-the-wests-useful-idiot Prigozhin Was The West’s “Useful Idiot”], ANDREW KORYBKO, JUN 27, 2023.</ref> |
| − | Prigozhin, Wagner group co-founder Dmitri Utkin and logistics chief Valery Chekalov along with two bodyguards. two pilots and a flight attendant, were killed in a plane crash in the Tver region on August 23, 2023<ref>https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/special-report-the-curtain-closes</ref> Colonel General [[Mikhail Mizintsev]] was appointed as successor to head the Wagner group.
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| | Prigozhin and Wagner group commander Alexei Nagin produced the feature film, ''The Best in Hell'', shot on the front lines of the [[Special Military Operation]] depicting the work of a combatant during hostilities. Artists often worked under fire from enemy artillery. Ther motion picture has no analogues in the history of cinema. The film conveys the atmosphere of hostilities, teaches the skills of modern combat, and explains with whom Russian soldiers are really fighting in Ukraine. The events are shown simultaneously from two sides, and without the slightest attempts to belittle or dehumanize the enemy.<ref>https://shiro-kino.ru/235333.html</ref> | | Prigozhin and Wagner group commander Alexei Nagin produced the feature film, ''The Best in Hell'', shot on the front lines of the [[Special Military Operation]] depicting the work of a combatant during hostilities. Artists often worked under fire from enemy artillery. Ther motion picture has no analogues in the history of cinema. The film conveys the atmosphere of hostilities, teaches the skills of modern combat, and explains with whom Russian soldiers are really fighting in Ukraine. The events are shown simultaneously from two sides, and without the slightest attempts to belittle or dehumanize the enemy.<ref>https://shiro-kino.ru/235333.html</ref> |
| | + | Prigozhin, Wagner group co-founder Dmitri Utkin and logistics chief Valery Chekalov along with two bodyguards. two pilots and a flight attendant, were killed in a plane crash in the Tver region on August 23, 2023<ref>https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/special-report-the-curtain-closes</ref> Colonel General [[Mikhail Mizintsev]] was appointed as successor to head the Wagner group. |