The Agentstvo (Agency) Telegram channel cited investigative journalists on August 3 as reporting that catering companies linked to the leader of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, have signed state contracts worth at least 2 billion rubles ($21.4 million) since Prigozhin led a short-lived mutiny in late June. Investigative journalists studied the activities of 17 Prigozhin-linked companies related to their cooperation with state entities. The activities do not include possible classified cooperation between Prigozhin's companies and other state entities, such as the Defense Ministry. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Prigozhin-Linked Firms Continue To Sign Hefty State Contracts, Even After Mutiny
Yevgeny Prigozhin and then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) in St. Petersburg in 2010.