Prigozhin Worked In Mexico To Meddle With 2020 U.S. Election

A notorious Russian warlord closely aligned with President Vladimir Putin set up a covert operation in Mexico to spread disinformation about the 2020 American election, according to a report at Business Insider.

Photo Insert: Earlier, Prigozhin bragged that he had been meddling with US elections and will continue to meddle in furtherance of Putin’s interest.

The boss of the operation known as Social CMS was Yevgeny Prigozhin, a convicted felon who runs a catering business and is often called "Putin's chef" for his long-standing alliance with the Russian president, dating back to the 1990s, when Prigozhin opened two fashionable restaurants in St. Petersburg,” Business Insider reported.

Prigozhin was also notorious, the report said, as “the man who founded the Internet Research Agency, the troll farm in St. Petersburg, Russia, that propagated pro-Trump and anti-Clinton memes in an attempt to influence the US presidential election in 2016,” Ray Hartmann also reported for Raw Story.

Earlier, Prigozhin bragged that he had been meddling with US elections and will continue to meddle in furtherance of Putin’s interest.

Using Social CMS, “the Russian warlord had set up shop in Mexico, in the months leading up to another US election, in an attempt to spread divisive messages and build a horde of devoted online followers,” the report said.

Prigozhin’s role was exposed by a leak of more than 2,000 documents from Wagner Group, still another company that he runs, according to the report. It was described as a Kremlin-backed mercenary company that has sent thousands of convicts to support Putin’s war in Ukraine.

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