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How Putin's long friendship with Wagner boss Prigozhin turned ugly

2023-08-27 08:48
It all began in St Petersburg when state security services mingled with the criminal underworld.
How Putin's long friendship with Wagner boss Prigozhin turned ugly

Theirs was a relationship borne out of the murky world where Russia's state security services mingled with the criminal underworld.

While Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner military company grew into one of the most influential structures in Russia, Vladimir Putin became increasingly dependent on its battlefield...