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ELITE VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023
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VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023

Death of Putin’s chef : unexped?

Rana Ahmed Farouk- political science- fourth year- rana.farooq2020@feps.edu.eg

Yevgeny Prigozhin also known as Putin's Cook.. But soon that changed, as that close relationship
Was his rebellion really unexpected? To answer this turned into another one dominated by suspicion
question I would like to give a quick overview about and betrayal, after his participation and his
him at first. soldiers-some were previous prisoners - in the
In that context, I will refer to his history, which Russian-Ukrainian invasion and losing some of
began from his birth a year 1961 in St. Petersburg, them in the battle. Prigozhin accused his country's
through the period of his youth, some of which he army of abandoning him for lack of support,
spent in prison after he was arrested in cases of theft obstructing the access of weapons to them, and
and fraud and sentenced to thirteen years in prison, even working to destroy and kill his soldiers, so he
of which he served nine, and then he was pardoned a declared rebellion against the Russian army,
year 1988 his life witnessed a pivotal transformation declaring his desire to go to Moscow to punish the
by entering the world of business, which he Army leaders involved, and the punishment was
gradually started by being a salesman and a worker dropped from Prigozhin, but in the matter of what
in the food industry until he became the owner of a happened, his plane was shot down almost two
chain of restaurants frequented by Putin, and this he months after he declared his rebellion.
became the one who served food to Putin's official After this quick presentation, i shall leave the
guests from presidents and Kings, until he got richer answer to the reader, and even ask further
and became a caterer for official events in The questions ..Why be surprised by that almost
Kremlin has become the main supplier of the army, inevitable ending? what did we expect from a
and the most important is the creation of a private former prisoner who formed his army relying on
security company - Wagner - which played other prisoners.
important and influential roles in changing the Finally, I think that the lesson learned is to
course of Russian military operations, such as its crystallize and restore the importance of the
participation in the process of controlling the National Army to the minds, and here I remember
Crimean Peninsula 2014 for example, it also Machiavelli and his contributions against
continued to support Russian troops outside the mercenaries.
borders, especially on the African continent.
Actually Prigozhin had Putin's support through out
this period.
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