Kremlin-linked Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as “Vladimir Putin’s chef”, appeared to admit Russian interference in the US election in a Telegram post on Monday.
Prigozhin said Russia interfered, is interfering and will continue to interfere in US democracy, in response to a journalist’s question about the possibility of Russian interference in Tuesday’s US congressional elections.
“I will answer you very subtly and delicately and I apologize, I will allow some ambiguity. Gentlemen, we interfere, we continue to interfere and we will continue to interfere,” Prigozhin said.
“Carefully, precisely, surgically and in our own way, as we know. During our one-off operations, we will remove the kidneys and liver in one go,” she added.
It was not immediately clear how serious Prigozhin was being in his remarks, which appeared to have been made somewhat sarcastically. But the US has sanctioned him for funding the Internet Research Agency, a notorious Russian troll farm accused of meddling in several recent US elections.
In September, Prigozhin also admitted to founding the Wagner Group – a private mercenary group accused of war crimes in Africa, Syria and Ukraine – after years of denying his involvement.
Source: CNN Brasil
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