significant power in russia commanding thousands of troops who were financed and supported for a time by many at the top of the russian government. so how did that happen? our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a look. well, we know that prigozhin took an unorthodox route to a powerful position in russia. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft, and when released in 1990, he became a hotdog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997, he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders and to putin himself. and prigozhin s role was becoming about much more than food. in 2014, russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. at that time he said. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro govern
in the tver region. in st petersburg, a public memorial has been set up outside the wagner headquarters to pay tribute to mr prigozhin as well as his right hand man dimitry utkin. mr prigozhin rose from obscurity to a position of significant power in russia commanding thousands of troops financed and supported by some of the country s most powerful politicians. our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a look at his rise and fall. well, we know that prigozhin took an unorthodox route to a powerful position in russia. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft, and when released in 1990, he became a hotdog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997, he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders and to putin himself. and prigozhin s role was becoming about much more than food. in 2014, russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukra
we see this band of cloud pushing across the south east corner. further north and west, certainly efficient night in prospect. clear spells and one or two showers to take us into tomorrow morning. for tomorrow, low pressure is set to be in charge of the scene, but this doesn t mean rain all the time. there will be some showers, but dry gaps in between. but with that low pressure centre to the east of us, we will be pulling down a northerly wind and some relatively cool air. so temperatures over the next few days are no great shakes for the time of year. sunny spells and showers during tomorrow. some of the showers during tomorrow. some of the showers will be on the heavy side, possibly with the odd flash of lightning and the odd rumble of thunder. certainly fresher than it has been across the south east corner. as we head into the weekend, which of course is a bank holiday for most of us, it s a mix of sunshine and showers and we stick with that rather cool feel. still with t
the other two cases, which are unrelated, will be going to trial right in the middle of the us republican primary season that s where voters in various states, republican voters will be going to the polls to narrow down the field of hopeful republican candidates for president. and right in the middle of those elections, mr trump is due in new york to stand trial in connection to payments is alleged to have made to former adult film star stormy daniels. injust have made to former adult film star stormy daniels. in just a have made to former adult film star stormy daniels. injust a couple months later, mr trump is due in court in florida over the classified documents case these are allegations and charges that the former president unlawfully held onto classified documents when he left the white house, and stored them in his mar a lago estate in florida estate in florida. now all this will be going to trial in the lead up to the republican national convention, which is on