Vladimir Putin’s former ‘chef’ was an ally of the Russian leader. Now he and the Wagner boss are locked in a potentially dangerous feud

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Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be drifting closer and closer towards a potentially explosive feud with his former confidant, friend and mercenary warlord. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Wagner paramilitary group, was once so close to the Kremlin strongman that he had the nickname "Putin's chef". But these days, the pair spend most of their time throwing shade at each other. In September last year, the Russian military was in disarray after a stunning counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces left Putin humiliated. Prigozhin came to the rescue by flooding Ukraine with thousands of Wagner mercenaries — many of them...