Thread by @TheStudyofWar

#Wagner Group financier Yevgeny #Prigozhin’s demonstrative response to the assassination of #Russian milblogger Maxim #Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky) indicates Prigozhin likely believes that the attack was in part directed at himself. 1/4

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#Prigozhin held an event on April 4 at the remnants of the restaurant where #Fomin was killed by an improvised explosive device on April 2. Prigozhin claimed that he arrived at the scene from the #Bakhmut frontline as quickly as he could to commemorate Fomin. 2/4

#Prigozhin announced that he intends to expand the #Wagner-affiliated ultranationalist group that held #Fomin’s fatal event into a social movement that fights against external threats.

Prigozhin also noted that he will offer financial compensation to the event’s attendees. 3/4

#Prigozhin’s response shows that he intends to continue to pursue a central position within the #Russian pro-war ultranationalist community, despite the threat of violence and pushback. 4/4

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