Yevgeny Prigozhin was the chief of Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary firm which took half in campaigns in Africa, Syria and Ukraine.
The mercenary chief had been dubbed Putin’s Chef due to his catering firm in Moscow serving, amongst different purchasers, the Kremlin.
Whereas he remained a detailed ally of Putin for years, cracks began to seem of their relationship initially of the 12 months.
Whereas Wagner males had been preventing to overcome the Ukrainian metropolis of Bakhmut, Mr Prigozhin accused the Russian defence management of being insufficient and never sending sufficient ammunition and weapons to these on the frontline.
The mercenary chief pressured a number of instances he was not criticising Putin, however it’s unlikely his blistering phrases sounded nice within the Kremlin.
On June 23, two months earlier than his dying, Mr Prigozhin staged a mutiny, coming into with tanks within the Russian metropolis of Rostov and sending his males on a march to Moscow.
However the rebellion was short-lived and blocked by the intervention of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who brokered a deal between Putin and Mr Prigozhin.
The Wagner chief and lots of of his males retreated to Belarus within the following weeks, though Mr Prigozhin is thought to have travelled to Russia a number of instances through the months previous to his dying.