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Yevgeny Prigozhin's Rise from Hot Dog Salesman to Warlord

from Prigozhin Eras Tour | The Tim Dillon Show #358 · #358

3 min

Tim details Prigozhin's backstory: prison time, becoming Putin's caterer nicknamed 'Putin's Chef,' founding Wagner Group, and the photo of him serving George W. Bush borscht in the Kremlin.

In this bit6 moments
  • Evgeni Prigozhin's death and his brief but significant impact on recent events
  • Prigozhin attempted a coup that didn't work, then his plane was blown out of the air with all his Wagner commanders
  • Prigozhin started as a hot dog salesman and became a warlord
  • Prigozhin and Putin were buddies from when Putin was young in local government
  • Prigozhin spent nine years in a Russian prison after choking a woman and stealing her pocketbook
  • Prigozhin became Putin's caterer, earning the nickname Putin's Chef
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Yevgeny PrigozhinVladimir PutinWagner GroupBelarusSaint PetersburgGeorge W. Bush

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