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Rachel Hagan

Vladimir Putin's 'chef' who funded Russian troll farms used UK lawyers to fight sanctions

A Russian oligarch and close ally of Vladimir Putin used the services of at least four British and American law firms to contest international sanctions against him, it has been revealed.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the notorious Wagner paramilitary group and catering mogul known as "Putin's Chef", recruited western legal firms to aid him with developing a plan to counter EU and US sanctions against him.

The Intercept news organisation revealed in its latest investigation that Prigozhin enlisted the help as he faced "faced intensifying scrutiny in recent years, and as his businesses came under pressure following sanctions" in the wake of the Ukraine war.

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