Head of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin left the Southern Military District headquarters on June 24, 2023 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
A St. Petersburg native like Putin, Prigozhin, 62, has one of the most varied biographies among the Kremlin elite.
With the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Prigozhin was able and eager to again prove his value to Putin.
As the Russian army came up against surprisingly strong resistance, Wagner's mercenaries came in handy in the bloodiest of battles.
The standoff then exploded and Prigozhin launched an armed rebellion on Friday after alleging that the Russian army fired at his mercenaries.
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