US sanctions on "Putin's chef"

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 23 Sep 2020 by Alex Teddy
On September 23 the US Treasury imposed sanctions on more people and organizations close to Putin. The ostensible reason is for meddling in US elections. Secretary Mnuchin accused Prigozhin of being behind nefarious anti-US activity across the globe. The US already had sanctions against Yevgeny Prigozhin and companies associated with him such as the Internet Research Agency (IRA) and Wagner Private Military Company. IRA was accused of meddling in the 2016 US election. Prigozhin says he has no connection to Wagner or IRA. Wagner is active in Syria and several African countries. It is thought to be an informal ally of the Russian Military. The US accuses him of running and financing Wagner. Prigozhin said he wanted to collect a debt from the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FAK) run by Alexei Navalny. FAK lost a libel case to Prigozhin.

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