[Gifted NYT link - no paywall ].After Prigozhin’s Death, a High-Stakes Scramble for His Empire
A shadowy fight is playing out on three continents for control of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s sprawling interests as head of the Wagner mercenary group. The biggest prize: his lucrative operations in Africa. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/world/europe/prigozhin-wagner-russia-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1KRlYqOHf0kqm1pN9Mf9wt6G6y1eVzM3zR1AmvO0TbA8BiFmKsDAVnBgMvjZrzJ8bpYQgU3MSmQInzbp1HALv90dbxzmO37nnjFjLPJ7es2mi0amc3dP6hLwQPDg1AlSxpQIdnUDH3C1ZNfxupzwMqlT-C_U5xd9i3kr_TuFwns0B7O0y5ZFgj8ZkhxIo83tYa4YWDr13ECCU9da3qmyJfeytQGahXskgXnNkik7jJUL5uh-tbywABTcqyB59fXZjk7KX6hScdqsb6UwOF3vwspVoopF4-UgpZk8g2DNME61rPBmUD-XefAPI_w3F_X-5F0SiLZEFkJghbLH2PMtVEOOOVht7XcD6L-Iow&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #prigozhin #Africa #libya #burkinaFaso #wagner #wagnerGroup #yevkurov #pavelPrigozhin #averyanov

Reports of #Surovikin ’s arrest cannot be confirmed, but authorities will likely be suspicious of his long association with #Wagner dating back to his service in #Syria from 2017.
Similarly, #Yevkurov was filmed talking to #Wagner owner Yevgeny #Prigozhin during the group’s uncontested take-over of #Rostov -on-Don.
Although largely known in the West by his brutal reputation, (cont.)