Death of a Hot Dog Salesman

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🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, the caterer-turned-warlord who recently attempted to overthrow Russia’s government, has apparently died in a plane crash. Puck's Julia Ioffe explains why it’s reasonable to suspect foul play. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Jon Ehrens, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:01.0	There's this sort of chilling interview
0:03.1	with Vladimir Putin circulating online right now.
0:05.9	It's Russia's.
0:07.2	The interviewer asks the Russian president,
0:10.1	if one should be able to forgive others.
0:13.3	Yeah.
0:14.2	The Russian president says yes.
0:15.8	I'm not sure.
0:16.8	But not everything.
0:18.3	What can't be forgiven?
0:21.4	The trail.
0:22.6	The trail.
0:24.6	The Evgeny Pregozion started out as a petty criminal.
0:27.5	Then he leveled up from hotdog slinger
0:29.6	to chef to caterer to none other than Vladimir Putin.
0:33.3	From there, he became a mercenary,
0:35.5	and his Wagner group played a pivotal role
0:37.9	in Putin's war in Ukraine, until he turned his tanks
0:41.9	in the opposite direction.
0:43.6	A long time Putin ally let his mercenary Wagner group
0:46.9	from the battlefields in Ukraine
0:48.6	to seize Russia's military headquarters in Rostov.
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