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flag Ex-con Prigozhin, from hot-dog vendor to mercenary group boss, nearly overthrew Putin in Russia's 1990s.

flag Ex-con Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin rose from a hot-dog vendor to become a mercenary group boss in Russia's lawless 1990s. flag His traits of ambition, enterprise, cunning, and willingness to use violence and threats proved essential for his rise. flag Mark Galeotti and Anna Arutunyan's biography, Downfall, highlights Prigozhin's journey, emphasizing the aptness of the title as he came close to overthrowing Putin.

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