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Yevgeny Prigozhin
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“Gentlemen, we interfered, we are interfering and we will interfere.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comments about interfering in US elections, quoted in "Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin admits interfering in US elections", The Guardian (7 November 2022)
“Carefully, precisely, surgically and the way we do it, the way we can.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comments about interfering in US elections, quoted in "Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin admits interfering in US elections", The Guardian (7 November 2022)
“I will answer you very subtly, and delicately and I apologize, I will allow a certain ambiguity. Gentlemen, we interfered, we interfere and we will interfere [...] Carefully, precisely, surgically and in our own way, as we know how. During our pinpoint operations, we will remove both kidneys and the liver at once.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Prigozhin quoted in "Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to admit to US election interference", CNN (7 November 2022)
“Don’t booze too much, don’t take drugs, don’t rape women — only for love or for money as they say.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Commenting to former convicts, being released after serving 6 months as mercenaries in Wagner Group during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, quoted in "Putin ally Prigozhin grants freedom to first Russian convicts w…
“You have learned a great deal — first of all: how to kill the enemy.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Commenting to former convicts, being released after serving 6 months as mercenaries in Wagner Group during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, quoted in "Putin ally Prigozhin grants freedom to first Russian convicts w…
“Putin has "cut off communication with me to get me to stop asking for ammunition”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: After losing more than 30,000 soldiers, the brutal Wagner Group is now recruiting in Russian schools", Business Insider (12 March 2023)
“In a legal sense, Bakhmut has been captured.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wagner Claims Capture of Ukraine’s Bakhmut 'in Legal Sense'", The Defense Post (2 April 2023)
“We will kill everyone on the battlefield. Take no more prisoners of war!”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wagner Boss Says Forces Won't Take Any More Prisoners in Ukraine", Moscow Times (24 April 2023)
“Russia is on the brink of catastrophe.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We need to stop deceiving the population and telling them that everything is fine.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What have we even done? We’ve turned the Russian army – the second army in the world – into what? Who the **** knows. … What kind of army are we if we couldn’t even manage with itty bitty Ukraine?”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s a complete mess everywhere, there’s no discipline. The army has everything, but there is absolutely no control, while there is an absolute paranoid gap between that which is happening in the trenches, and that which they know and think about in headquarters”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘Stop Deceiving the Population’: Russia’s Mercenary Boss Threatens Full-Blown Mutiny", The Daily Beast (29 April 2023)
“Shoigu, Gerasimov, where the **** is our ammunition?”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You **** sit there in your expensive clubs. Your kids are all getting off on life, recording their little YouTube videos.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I will make sure they will bear responsibility for it.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These are Wagner lads who died today. The blood is still fresh. They came here as volunteers and are dying so you can sit like fat cats in your luxury offices.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wagner chief rages at Russia’s generals and threatens Bakhmut pullout", The Guardian (5 May 2023)
“What do you need to do with an organization that you consider a terrorist group? You must destroy the leader of the organization, basically me, of course.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wagner Boss Dares the West: If I’m a Terrorist, Come and Kill Me", The Daily Beast (10 May 2023)
“We are in such a condition that we could ******* lose Russia - that is the main problem. We need to impose martial law.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This divide can end as in 1917 with a revolution - first the soldiers will stand up, and after that - their loved ones will rise up. There are already tens of thousands of them - relatives of those killed - and there will probably be hundreds of thousands.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russia risks revolution unless elite get serious about war, Wagner chief says Updated 13 minutes ago", The Telegraph (24 May 2023)
“We came in boorishly, trampling all over Ukraine’s territory in search of Nazis. And while we searched for Nazis, we ****** up everyone we could. We came up to Kyiv and — I’ll put it in plain Russian — **** the bed and retreated. Then on to Kherson — we **** the bed and retreated. And somehow things aren’t working out for us.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The special military operation was done for the purpose of “denazification,” while we’ve made Ukraine into a nation that’s known throughout the world. They’re like the Greeks or the Romans at their peaks. And as far as “demilitarization,” if they had some 500 tanks at the start of the special military operation, now they have 5,000. If they had 20,000 capable fighters before, now they have 400,000. What kind of demilitarization is that? Now it looks more like we did the opposite, somehow or other, and militarized Ukraine.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wagner Group is currently the best army in the world. Of course, out of propriety, I have to say that the next best one is the Russian army, but I think the Ukrainians today are one of the strongest armies. They’re highly organized and highly trained, they have good intelligence, and they have a diverse arsenal. They work equally well on any systems, whether Soviet ones or NATO ones.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Russian Defense Ministry [[w:Sergei Shoigu|Sergei] Shoigu]]'s son-in-law walks around, shaking his ass, while his daughter is opening the Kronstadt forts. Did you make money from these forts? Are you spending your money on these forts? Spend your fucking money on ammunition.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It turns out that the real men are fighting while some people just like to mess around.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While the kids of the elite are smearing creams on themselves and showing it on the Internet, ordinary people’s kids are coming home in zinc, blown to bits, and mothers are crying over their sons.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The main problem is Shoigu and Gerasimov. It was the decisions of those two that blocked us from getting everything, despite the president saying that the ammunition was there.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There’s an optimistic scenario and a pessimistic one. I have little faith in the first one. [It looks like this]: Europe and America get tired of the Ukrainian conflict. China sits everyone down at the negotiating table. We agree that everything we’ve already snatched is ours and everything we haven’t snatched isn’t ours. The odds of this are slim.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here’s the pessimistic scenario: the Ukrainians are given missiles, they train their troops, they no doubt continue their offensive, and they try to counterattack. It’s possible that this counteroffensive is successful in some places and they restore the borders to where they were in 2014 — that could easily happen. They’ll attack Crimea, they’ll try to blow up the Crimean Bridge, they’ll cut off our supply routes. So we need to be ready for a difficult war.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We’re currently in a state where there’s a danger of just pissing away Russia. So we should declare martial law, we should declare new waves of mobilization, and we need to transfer everybody we can to work on ammunition production. We need to cut the fat, stop building new roads and new infrastructure, and work only on the war.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Russia needs to take a page out of North Korea’s book for a certain number of years: close all our borders, stop pulling punches, bring back all our boys from abroad, and work hard. Then we’ll see some kind of result.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The place to prove you’re right is on the battlefield.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘We need to take a page from North Korea’s book’ Evgeny Prigozhin speaks even more frankly than usual in new 77-minute interview", interview with Meduza (24 May 2023)
“First the soldiers will stand up, and after that – their loved ones will rise up. It is wrong to think that there are hundreds of them – there are already tens of thousands of them – relatives of those killed...And there will probably be hundreds of thousands – we cannot avoid that.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are in a situation where we can simply lose Russia...We must introduce martial law. We unfortunately … must announce new waves of mobilization; we must put everyone who is capable to work on increasing the production of ammunition...Russia needs to live like North Korea for a few years, so to say, close the borders … and work hard.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My advice to the Russian elites — get your lads, send them to war, and when you go to the funeral, when you start burying them, people will say that now everything is fair.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said about the status in 2023 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, quoted in "Prigozhin says war in Ukraine has backfired, warns of Russian revolution", The Washington Post (24 May, 2023)
“I have never been a chef; I used to be a restaurateur and quite successful. I can't cook myself. They should have just come up with 'Putin's butcher' instead.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said about his nickname "Putin's chef" as quoted in 'Wagner Group boss, "Putin's butcher," says Russia at risk of losing Ukraine war and facing a "revolution"', CBS News (25 May 2023)
“You stinking wretches, what are you doing? You’re bastards! Get your asses out of the offices you've been put in to defend this country. You are the Defense Ministry. You didn’t do a damn thing to advance. Why the fuck are you allowing these drones to fly to Moscow?”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a citizen, I am deeply indignant that these scum [Russia's Defense Ministry] are sitting quietly and wearing out their seats with their fat asses smeared with expensive creams.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said about drone attacks on Moscow, quoted in "How Are They Reaching Moscow?!’ Russians Panic as Drones Attack", The Daily Beast (30 May 2023)
“Penalties for war crimes should be seriously toughened.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that capital punishment should be returned. Otherwise, the war cannot be won. Comrade Stalin was absolutely right.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Then there will be a hard war. I don't know how long it will last. If you do it right, then my forecast is to liberate Donbas in two years, to reach Kiev in three or four. If we mobilize the whole of society now, turn on the production of all ammunition, weapons and everything that is required, make planned production, declare a general mobilization. After all, when we come to mobilization, the mobilized will again prepare for an hour and then go to the front.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The recipe for victory in the NWO: general mobilization for two million people, good army management and discipline, shooting deserters. It is necessary to make all the heads of defense enterprises military personnel so that the death penalty can also be applied to them. It is necessary to make the country a military monster so that there are more weapons than in North Korea.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have to finish building beautiful bridges, we have to finish making big theaters, new stages, we have to have everything focused on defense now.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: «Если мы воюем дальше, надо объявлять мобилизацию уже сейчас», Meduza (31 May 2023)
“The Russian Defense Ministry is trying to deceive the President and the public and tell them there was insane aggression on the part of Ukraine and they were going to attack us together with the entire NATO bloc. So, the so-called "special operation" on February 24 was launched for completely different reasons. Why was the war needed? The war was needed so that a handful of scumbags could have a blast and get PR attention showing how strong the army is … The war was not started … in order to "demilitarize and denazify" Ukraine.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address over the Telegram app (23 June 2023), as quoted in "Thoughts, questions and suspicions about Prigozhin’s revolt" in Oakland Socialist (25 June 2023) · Alternate translation in "Wagner chief's bombshell accusatio…
“On 24 February [2022] there was nothing extraordinary happening there. Now the Ministry of Defence is trying to deceive the public, deceive the president and tell a story that there was some crazy aggression by Ukraine, that - together with the whole Nato bloc - Ukraine was planning to attack us. The war was needed... so that [[w:Sergei Shoigu|[Sergei] Shoigu]] could become a Marshal, so that he could get a second Hero Star… the war wasn't for demilitarising or de-nazifying Ukraine. It was needed for an extra star.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Video released via Telegram (23 June 2023), as cited in "Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner chief blames war on defence minister" BBC News (23 June 2023).
“Today, seeing that we aren’t broken, they decided to launch rocket attacks on our rear camps. A huge number of fighters were killed, our comrades in arms.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 23 June 2023 at 21:09, quoted in "Wagner’s ‘march of justice’ All of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s posts about his apparent military coup", Meduza
“Shoigu just fled Rostov like a coward. At 21:00 he ran like a coward, like a girl. In order to not explain that, he ordered helicopters to destroy our guys, that’s why the rocket strike happened. This creature will be stopped.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 23 June 2023 at 21:41, quoted in "Wagner’s ‘march of justice’ All of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s posts about his apparent military coup", Meduza
“We’re 25,000 strong, and we’re going to get to the bottom of the lawlessness in this country.”
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Recorded in: 23 June 2023 at 21:49, quoted in "Wagner’s ‘march of justice’ All of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s posts about his apparent military coup", Meduza
“The details are becoming clear. The Defense Minister went to Rostov specially to conduct an operation to destroy Wagner Group. He used artillery and helicopters by dark to destroy us.”
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Recorded in: 23 June 2023 at 22:15, quoted in "Wagner’s ‘march of justice’ All of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s posts about his apparent military coup", Meduza
“This is no military coup. This is a justice march. Our actions in no way interfere with the troops.”
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Recorded in: 23 June 2023 at 22:29, quoted in "Wagner’s ‘march of justice’ All of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s posts about his apparent military coup", Meduza
“The majority of the troops support us strongly. We get messages like “Thanks, guys! Finally justice is coming to the army. You’ll finally get it so they give us ammunition and stop throwing us out like dead meat.” The information has just come in that the defense minister tried to hide 2,000 bodies stored in the Rostov morgue, so as not to show losses.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961–2023) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 23 June 2023 at 22:39, quoted in "Wagner’s ‘march of justice’ All of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s posts about his apparent military coup", Meduza