The EU lifted sanctions against the mother of Yevgeny Prigozhin

The European Court of Justice annulled the sanctions against the mother of the founder of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin, Violetta Prigozhina, imposed solely on the basis of the principle of kinship. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the decision of the EU court.

Violetta Prigozhina, together with her son, owned the catering company Concord (Concord Management and Consulting) through maternal structures. She was included in the EU sanctions list on March 3, 2022.

The court decision states that Mrs. Prigozhina has not owned the Concord company since 2017, despite the fact that she has its shares at her disposal. Also, the EU Council was unable to prove that at the time of inclusion in the EU sanctions list, she owned other assets related to Yevgeny Prigozhin. The court ordered the EU Council to pay the costs of this case.

The LiveLib library website indicates that Violetta Kirovna Prigozhina (the full namesake of the former co-owner of Concord according to SPARK-Interfax) is the author of a book on infectious diseases, Ph.D. organizational method of the department of infectious diseases of St. Petersburg. On the website of the Sochi Museum N.A. Ostrovsky, it is indicated that Mrs. Prigozhina is an artist, the founder of the Colors of Life gallery in St. Petersburg.

Evgeny Prigozhin is the head of the board of trustees of the Patriot media group, the owner of the Concord company, the founder of the PMC Wagner and the Internet Research Agency (the troll factory).

Since October 2020, Yevgeny Prigozhin has been under EU sanctions, and since 2016, under US sanctions. The US authorities believe that the “troll factory” he created interfered in the presidential election in 2016. In 2022, Yevgeny Prigozhin was included in the sanctions lists of Canada and Japan.