Evgeny Prigozhin (L) assists Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a dinner with foreign scholars and journalists at the restaurant Cheval Blanc on the premises of an equestrian complex outside Moscow November 11, 2011. Picture taken November 11.REUTERS/Misha Japaridze/Pool/File Photo Yevgeny Prigozhin is a Russian businessman with close ties to Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin claimed he founded Wagner, a Russian mercenary group that works closely with the Kremlin. He also confided to Putin about concerns with the direction of the war in Ukraine, per WaPo report. Yevgeny Prigozhin was reported to have shared with Vladimir Putin his misgivings about the war in Ukraine, according to The Washington Post.Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin is shown prior to a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool Photo via APAs reports of Russia's losses in Ukraine circulated in September, one member of Vladimir Putin's circle expressed misgivings about the Kremlin's management of the war to the president.On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that the confidant was Yevgeny V.