Wagner Group boss shutters media empire

Patriot Media — the media firm owned by Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin — will shutter after the collapse of his rebellion in Russia final weekend.

“I’m saying our determination to shut down and to depart the nation’s info house,” Yevgeny Zubarev, director of Patriot’s information web site Ria Fan, stated in a Saturday video posted to the outlet’s social media, Reuters reported. He didn’t give a motive for the closure.

Russia on Friday blocked entry to 5 shops managed by Patriot: Ria Fan, Politics Right this moment, Financial system Right this moment, Neva Information and Folks’s Information on-line. Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Info Know-how and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) was not instantly obtainable for remark.

The federal government hasn’t outlawed the corporate altogether, although Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Prigozhin’s catering agency could be investigated over his $2 billion annual wage.