Fake passports, kilos of cash and white powder: the Russian police confiscate Prigozhin’s treasure

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The raid on St. Petersburg was a small satisfaction after the gigantic humiliation before the eyes of the world public. While Yevgeny Prigozhin (62) first occupied the city of Rostov-on-Don with his private army and then continued towards Moscow, Russian police units entered the business and private quarters of Putin’s former chef.

They search the headquarters of the Konkord company, the media consortium Patriot, the Hotel Trezzini and several restaurants and the luxury dacha in the chic complex “The Versailles of the North”. Everything belongs to Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Seven fake passports for flights abroad

The loot is presented to the camera: a van filled to the brim with boxes. Stacked inside are banknotes worth four billion rubles, the equivalent of about 40 million francs. Five kilograms of gold bars are secured and five stone-sized blocks with a white powder. In addition, the officials find seven fake passports for foreign countries. Some with Prigozhin’s portrait under fake names, others with Prigozhin’s name but with fake photos.

Prigozhin’s hoard also contains numerous weapons of various calibers. In the evening, the images of the raid run on all online channels. But then everything goes very quickly. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (68) persuades Putin’s cook to call off the uprising and send the Wagner mercenaries back to their bases. In return, the trial against Prigozhin is dropped and he is given safe exile in Belarus. His men are also guaranteed impunity.

Prigozhin is dangerous because he knows too much

As soon as the troops leave, the images of Prigozhin’s treasure disappear from the Internet. Maybe the city police should return their loot. Because, as Prigozhin explains via Telegram, the money is for the wages of his mercenaries, which are always paid in cash. But how does the gastronomic entrepreneur get so much black money?

Could the dark channels of his wealth also be a reason why Prigozhin went unpunished after an announced military coup? In any case, the Italian newspaper “La Stampa” does not want to brush that off the table. The oligarch may have enough evidence that political figures in the Kremlin’s circle of power or even the Kremlin boss himself could be heavily accused. And Moscow cannot afford a dirty business scandal, especially at this time.

Source: Blick