Amelchenko

  • Prigozhin’s Men in Syria

    One of the strangest operations Valery Amelchenko took part in during his work for Prigozhin’s team was a month-long trip to Syria — to test poison on unsuspecting prisoners.

    (Photo: REUTERS/Marko Djurica)(Photo: REUTERS/Marko Djurica)

  • Operative for “Putin’s Chef” Shares Secrets, Vanishes — Then Reappears and Retracts

    Yevgeny Prigozhin ran the infamous St. Petersburg “troll farm” and other pro-Putin media operations. One of his operatives came clean to reporters, sharing some of the dirty work he and his team did for the oligarch — including murder. Then he vanished.

    Yevgeny Prigozhin (Mikhail Metzel/TASS via Getty Images)Yevgeny Prigozhin (Mikhail Metzel/TASS via Getty Images)

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