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France 24
France 24
Politics
Paul MILLAR

How Russian state media is tearing down Prigozhin’s reputation as a ‘man of the people’

This video grab taken from a handout footage posted on May 5, 2023 on the Telegram account of the press-service of Concord -- a company linked to the chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin -- shows Yevgeny Prigozhin addressing the Russian army's top brass. © Handout / Telegram/ @concordgroup_official / AFP

The public broadcast of police raids on Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin’s home and office are an obvious attack on the mercenary’s cherished reputation as a straight-talking patriot fighting against corruption – and, experts say, a warning to anyone else who might challenge President Vladimir Putin’s rule. 

As humilations go, they don’t come much more public. 

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