The Rachman Review

The rise and fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin

Gideon talks to the FT’s Max Seddon and Miles Johnson about Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group and its once secretive leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. They discuss how Prigozhin came to prominence during the fighting around Bakhmut in Ukraine and whether he can hold on to his position of influence with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin. Clips: euronews; NBC; CNN More on this topic:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ce9723c7-d7e6-4f74-b50e-d145ab8bd5df" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Like Icarus’: Russian mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin falls foul of Kremlin old guard</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/98e478b5-c0d4-48a3-bcf7-e334a4ea0aca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wagner leader generated $250mn from sanctioned empire</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8c8b0568-cdd1-4529-a4fd-82e57983ddc5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wagner Inc: a Russian warlord and his lawyers</a> Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe. Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d14e26da-ce87-4832-bdf2-d98d39148283" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist talks to the decision-makers and thinkers who are shaping world affairs. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.