A former US Army general told Insider that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin likely is not dead or jailed. If he were, Russian President Vladimir Putin wouldn't be keeping it a secret, the retired general said. "We are getting bits and pieces from different people, not from Putin directly and not from Prigozhin directly." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters this week that Putin met face-to-face with Prigozhin and his commanders on June 29, five days after Wagner's rebellion. The retired US Army surmised that it is most likely the Kremlin is keeping Prigozhin, a billionaire businessman, around while it "dismantles" Prigozhin's vast empire.

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Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin wouldn't, Kevin Ryan, he's, Ryan, Putin, Prigozhin, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov Organizations: US Army, Service, Group, United States Army, Russian Locations: Russian, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Prigozhin, Ukraine