President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. is unsure of the future of far-right mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, warning the man who led a failed rebellion against the Kremlin to be “careful” of potential poisoning.
“We’re not even sure where he is and what relationship he has” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Biden said of Prigozhin during a joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö in Helsinki.
Mercenaries who are part of Prigozhin’s Wagner Group have been fighting alongside Russian soldiers in Ukraine. Prigozhin is known to have a long-standing feud with Russia’s top military leaders, and last month denounced Gen. Valery Gerasimov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for failing to provide Wagner fighters with ammunition.
On June 24, Prigozhin led an armed mutiny in which he directed his fighters into Russia to unseat Shoigu. The once-longtime Putin associate’s rebellion lasted just days before he allegedly brokered a deal with the…