Yevgeny Prigozhin, identified by the US as oligarch financier of the shadowy Wagner Group, says Western nations are 'an endangered bunch of perverts'

Said by the US to be financed by Yevgeny Prigozhin, an oligarch of partial Jewish descent who is under US sanctions, the gunmen carry out military ops in many African countries

Advocacy groups from France, Russia, and Syria accuse Wagner Group fighters over torture of a Syrian detainee, but powerfully-connected Russian firm unlikely to face convictions

Associate links move to tycoon with ties to Putin who was among a dozen Russians indicted in 2018 by a US grand jury in the Mueller investigation

Washington targets Russian financier Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose company was charged with using fake social media accounts to spread disinformation ahead of US elections

Treasury targets assets of Russian financier Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose company was charged with using fake social media accounts to spread disinformation ahead of 2016 elections

Russian oligarch charged as part of Mueller probe is linked to company that suggested Khartoum mount social media campaign saying Israel supported protests, CNN reports