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A security aide to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian businessman who has been indicted by the American investigators for allegedly trying to interferes with the 2016 US election, says the mogul has been involved in several indictments, an independent Russian newspaper reported Monday.
Prigozhin has been dubbed "Putin's Chef" for organizing catering events for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his personal guest on his occasions.
The Novaya Gazeta article Monday by reporter Denis Korotkov came out of the newspaper after a few days in the newspaper office.
Korotkov's article relates to several interviews with Valery Alemchenko, a convict who worked for Prigozhin. Alemchenko said he's orchestrated attacks on Prigozhin's opponents and the killing of an opposition blogger in northwest Russia, all on the mogul's behalf.
Amelchenko also said several people working for Syrians who had traveled to Syria last year to test an unknown poison on Syrians. Novaya Gazeta corroborated the account with two other sources.
Amelchenko disappeared early this month after meeting the reporter and telling him that he was being followed. Korotkov said he received a call from Amelchenko's phone that he went to the man's house, he found two cellphones and what looked like his shoe lying on the ground.
Amelchenko is now on a Russian police list of missing persons.
Prigozhin employee, bookkeeper Elena Khusyaynova, for helping oversee the finances of a so-called troll farm in the Russian city of St. Petersburg that aims to influence U.S. politics through social media postings. When meeting by phone on Monday, the woman's ex-husband, Ravil Khusyaynova, told The Associated that he was speaking to the media.
Another member of Prigozhin 's security detail, Oleg Simonov, who is suspected of attacking the husband of an activist and injecting him with poison, died last year under murky circumstances.
In addition, the activities of Prigozhin 's private security contracting firm Wagner have been well – documented. The last year published a memorandum detailing an oil deal between Prigozhin's company and the Syrian government.
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