Prigozhin-controlled Russian media group shuts amid mutiny fallout
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s media holding group is to shut down, the director of one of its outlets says, highlighting the mercenary chief’s worsening fortunes a week after the collapse of a brief mutiny staged by his Wagner Group fighters, Reuters reports.
Patriot Media, whose most prominent outlet was the RIA FAN news site, had taken a strongly nationalist, pro-Kremlin editorial line, while also providing positive coverage of Prigozhin and his Wagner Group.
“I am announcing our decision to close down and to leave the country’s information space,” RIA FAN director Yevgeny Zubarev said. He gave no reason for the decision.
Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Friday that the country’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor had blocked media outlets linked to Prigozhin, without elaborating.
