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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, speaks in Paraskoviivka, Ukraine in this still image from an undated video released on March 3, 2023.
Yevgeny Prigozhin in the Bakhmut region in an image from an undated video released on March 3.

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  • Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Russia's Wagner Group, has been highly visible during the war in Ukraine.
  • Prigozhin frequently casts his mercenary group as fighting on its own, without Russian military support.
  • But Moscow is backing Wagner, according to a US expert who says Prigozhin is less influential than he seems.

To listen to Yevgeny Prigozhin, you would think his Wagner Group mercenaries are fighting Ukraine's military single-handed.

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