"The Russian Defense Ministry is trying to deceive the President and the public and tell them there was insane aggression on the part of Ukraine and they were going to attack us together with the entire NATO bloc. So, the so-called "special operation" on February 24 was launched for completely different reasons. Why was the war needed? The war was needed so that a handful of scumbags could have a blast and get PR attention showing how strong the army is … The war was not started … in order to "demilitarize and denazify" Ukraine."
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Address over the Telegram app (23 June 2023), as quoted in "Thoughts, questions and suspicions about Prigozhin’s revolt" in Oakland Socialist (25 June 2023) · Alternate translation in "Wagner chief's bombshell accusations: Prigozhin says Russian army deliberately attacked his forces" on France24
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Yevgeny Prigozhin
Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin (Alternatively: Yevgeniy Vicktorovich Prigozhin, Russian: Евгений Викторович Пригожин; 1 June 1961 – 23 August 2023) was a Russian oligarch and former close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin was nicknamed "Putin's chef" because his restaurants and catering businesses hosted dinners which Putin attended with foreign dignitaries.
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