“We interfered, we are interfering and we will interfere”

“Gentlemen, we interfered, we are interfering and we will interfere,” Prigozhin, who has been accused of running a “troll factory” to influence the outcome of votes in several western countries, said in a statement quoted by his team.

“Carefully, precisely, surgically and the way we do it, the way we can,” Prigozhin quipped.

Prigozhin, 61, was responding to a request to comment on a Bloomberg report saying Russia was interfering in the US midterm elections.

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The announcement was published on the last day of campaigning on the eve of a midterm election that will shape the rest of US president Joe Biden’s term – and could pave the way for a White House comeback by Donald Trump.

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In 2018, Prigozhin and a dozen other Russian nationals and three Russian companies were charged in the U.S. with operating a covert social media campaign aimed at fomenting discord and dividing American public opinion ahead of the 2016 presidential election won by Republican Donald Trump. They were indicted as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference.