Prigozhin’s companies after the rebellion signed contracts for a billion rubles – Kommersant

Companies associated with the founder of PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin continued to receive contracts for the supply of food to schools and hospitals after the rebellion. Drawn attention to this RTVI. The amount of nine contracts concluded after June 24 is more than 1 billion rubles.

RTVI names Evgeny Prigozhin’s companies as organizations that previously appeared in related food supply investigations: AVK, SP Concord, Concord M, Russotskapital, Preschool Nutrition Plant (KDP), Prodfutservice, Concord plus”.

The largest contract worth more than 705 million rubles. was concluded by the Prodfutservice company with the education department of the administration of Mytishchi near Moscow. The company will supply meals to schoolchildren in the area from 2023-2025. AVK, KDP and Russotskapital associated with Evgeny Prigozhin also became other suppliers.

Among other customers of companies associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin are hospitals and clinics subordinate to the Moscow Department of Health (five contracts – more than 82.4 million rubles in total), the Artek children’s camp (one contract – 260 million rubles), two hospitals in the Moscow region ( two contracts – a total of more than 16.6 million rubles).

There are no plans to terminate the contracts previously concluded with Yevgeny Prigozhin’s firms. So, in response to a request from RTVI about a contract for catering for a medical and health center under the Russian Foreign Ministry with AVK, the ministry said that there were no grounds for termination, since so far the supplier’s work has not caused any complaints. The Moscow City Health Department told the TV channel that the termination of contracts is carried out in accordance with federal law.

On the evening of June 23, the head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced a “march of justice” against Moscow after, according to him, the positions of Wagner PMC fighters were hit by a missile attack from the rear. The Kremlin regarded this as an armed rebellion. Wagner mercenaries withdrew to field camps after negotiations mediated by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Later, press secretary of the President of Russia informedthat on June 29, Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigogine met in the Kremlin for negotiations. There were 35 people at this meeting in the Kremlin, including PMC commanders.

Anastasia Larina