500 Wagner Fighters, $400M a Year – Prigozhin’s Son Holds On to His African Empire

500 Wagner Fighters, $400M a Year – Prigozhin’s Son Holds On to His African Empire

The Central African Republic (CAR) has resisted Moscow’s Africa Corps takeover, preserving Wagner’s security role and lucrative mining concessions despite allegations of abuses.

Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead, but his mercenary empire lives on. His son has expanded the family business in the Central African Republic, WSJ reports.

After Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death, Russian authorities took control of the Wagner Group and created the Defense Ministry’s Africa Corps, which was supposed to take command of Wagner’s mercenaries in Africa. But Prigozhin’s son Pavel managed to retain control of Wagner fighters in the Central African Republic (CAR) and expand his father’s business, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Warlord Jr. carries on the family business in Russia

Being a warlord is a family affair! Pavel Prigozhin, 28, was once known for his ultra-luxurious lifestyle. But after his father was killed in a plane crash in 2023 — not at all coincidentally just two months after leading a short-lived mutiny against Russia’s military brass over the war in Ukraine — Pavel was tapped to lead Wagner. Since then, he has deftly maintained the group’s long-standing presence in Africa, particularly in the Central Afri…

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Son Preserves Wagner’s $400M Criminal Empire in Central African Republic

Pavel Prigozhin, the son of late Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, has preserved control over parts of the mercenary group’s business empire in the Central African Republic, with annual legal and illicit turnover now estimated at more than $400 million, The Wall Street Journal reported on October 17.