Evgeny Prigozhin
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has again put St. Petersburg businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin on the wanted list because of new evidence and evidence collected over the past year. This is the conclusion reached by Joseph Fitsanakis, deputy director of the European Intelligence Academy, professor at Coastal Carolina University, in a conversation with the BBC Russian Service.
“Apparently, the collected evidence can be presented to the jury without risking disclosing the methods of collecting information. In addition, the sources of such information – probably people who agreed to cooperate with the CIA, are now in the United States or somewhere outside Russia, and the American authorities are no longer concerned about their safety, ”he explained.
Fitsanakis also expressed confidence that Prigozhin will not be arrested in the near future, but the FBI “will wait for him as long as necessary.”
Another interlocutor of the publication – a former FBI officer who asked not to be named – linked the new initiative of the special services with Prigozhin's involvement in the activities of Wagner's private military company (PMC). According to the source, the United States has no doubts that this PMC is one of the units of Russian military intelligence.
“In the last year, the Wagnerites have been especially active in Syria and Libya. Last week, another attempt was made on the life of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Government of National Accord of Libya, Fathi Bashag, and Washington does not exclude that this action was organized by the militants of a Russian PMC, “he said, noting that the incident caused” serious discontent “in the United States …
In late February, it became known that the FBI had offered a reward of up to $ 250,000 for information about Prigozhin. The intelligence report claimed that the Russian was wanted for alleged involvement in a conspiracy against the United States to obstruct the work of the US Federal Election Commission.
In response, the businessman's company, Concord, gave the bureau his address and asked for a reward. Prigozhin himself accused American officials of a witch-hunt.
