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Prigozhin, Yevgeny, 1961-2023

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Personal name headingPrigozhin, Yevgeny, 1961-2023
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Associated countryRussia
Birth date1961-06-01
Death date2023-08-23
Place of birthSaint Petersburg (Russia)
Place of deathTverskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia)
Field of activityPrivate military companies
AffiliationWagner Group
Profession or occupationMercenary troops
Found inWilson, O. The Wagner Group: Yevgeny Prigozhin's Mercenaries and Their Ties to Vladimir Putin, 2023: t.p. (Yevgeny Prigozhin)
Wikipedia, viewed 7 December 2023 (Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin ; born 1 June 1961 in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg ; died 23 August 2023 in Tver Oblast, Russia ; was a Russian mercenary leader and oligarch ; led the Wagner Group private military company and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until launching a rebellion in June 2023)