Yevgeni Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch sympathetic to President Vladimir Putin and founder of the Wagner Group, acknowledged Monday that he has «interfered» in the past in democratic processes in the United States and warned that he will continue to do so in the future.
Questioned about a possible interference in the U.S. mid-term elections scheduled for Tuesday, Prigozhin acknowledged having interfered in the past, while defending that he will continue to do so in the present and in the future.
In this way, and in view of his close relationship with the Russian president, who has been called ‘Putin’s chef’, Prigozhin has let slip that, indeed, Moscow has intervened in previous elections in the United States, according to CNN.
Although it is not possible to confirm the veracity of what Prigozhin says, nor to be sure if he was serious, the Russian oligarch has stressed that this interference in democratic processes is done «carefully, precisely and surgically».
The US authorities have already sanctioned Prigozhin on previous occasions for financing the Internet Research Agency, a well-known Russian ‘troll farm’ accused of meddling in several recent US elections.
Last September, Prigozhin also admitted to founding the Wagner Group, a private mercenary group accused of war crimes in Africa, Syria and Ukraine.
