Putin Confidant Claims Russia Is Interfering In US Elections

Putin’s confidant Prigozhin has claimed that Russia is interfering in the US elections.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Russian businessman and Vladimir Putin confidant has claimed Moscow has interfered in US elections and will continue to do so.

The remark by the close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin was posted on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections in response to a request for comment from a Russian news site.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a statement: “Let me say this in an elegant and subtle way and allow me to use a certain double meaning: We have been interfering [in the US elections] and we will keep doing so.

“We will be doing this carefully, discreetly, and in a surgeon-like manner to the best of our abilities: our pin-pointed surgeries will be removing both kidneys and liver.”

“During our pinpoint operations, we will remove both kidneys and the liver at once,” Prigozhin said. He did not elaborate on the cryptic comment.

Prigozhin, who is often referred to as “Putin’s chef” because his catering company operates Kremlin contracts, has been formally accused of sponsoring Russia-based “troll farms” that seek to influence U.S. politics.

In July, the U.S. State Department offered a reward of up to $10 million for information on Prigozhin in connection with “engagement in U.S. election interference”. He has been hit by U.S., British and European Union sanctions.

Prigozhin, who served nine years in prison in Soviet times for robbery and other crimes before going into business during the 1990s, had long kept a low public profile.

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But this year, he has become more outspoken, including by criticising the performance of Russia’s generals in Ukraine.

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