Yevgeny Prigozhin reportedly dissolving Patriot Media Group, home of his ‘troll factory’

Yevgeny Prigozhin has dissolved his Patriot Media Group, an umbrella entity that housed dozens of “news” sites and had become the home of his “troll factory” since its creation in 2019, according to the outlet Rotonda.

One of the organization’s former heads told Meduza that Prigozhin told its directors that Patriot is “leaving the public arena.”

The Telegram channel VChK-OGPU, meanwhile, said that Prigozhin “personally announced the liquidation of the Patriot media holding” and that “all employees are in the process of being dismissed.”

Abbas Juma, the head of Patriot’s board of trustees, declined to comment on the organization’s status to Meduza.