Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that he interfered in the US election and will continue to do so in the future, the first such admission by Washington of a figure formally involved in efforts to influence US policy.
In the comments posted by the press service of the catering company Concord on the Russian social network VKontakte, similar to Facebook, Prigozhin said, “We have intervened (in the US elections), we are interfering and will continue to interfere. know how to do it.”
The statement was released on the eve of the US midterm elections in response to a request for comment from a Russian news site.
“In our one-time operations, we will remove the kidneys and liver in one go,” Prigozhin said. Said. He did not elaborate on the encrypted comment.
Prigozhin, often referred to as “Putin’s chef” because his catering company runs Kremlin contracts, is officially accused of sponsoring Russia-based “troll farms” trying to influence US policy.
In July, the US State Department offered a reward of up to $10 million to anyone who provided information about Prigozhin in connection with “interfering in US elections.” It was affected by the US, UK and European Union sanctions.
source: Noticias
