Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ally Evgeny Prigozhin, who is the owner of the private Russian military company Wagner Group, strives to take control of salt and gypsum from mines near the Ukrainian-held city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, the US White House official told Reuters on Thursday, January 5. The obsession with which the odious … Continue reading Putin’s crony Prigozhin wants control over salt and gypsum mines around Bakhmut – Reuters