Actions undertaken by the Prigozhin galaxy

Welcome!

This mapping platform was developed by teams from the GEODE cyber research center at the University of Paris 8 and the company CASSINI, which specializes in mapping. Its objective is to map and systematize all the activities of Yevgeny Prigozhin and his networks around the world, based on data collected from open sources over several years by researchers from the GEODE center and CASSINI analysts.

Functioning

The interface, designed as a dashboard, makes it possible to visualize the difficult data set through two different modules:

A map space, which allows events to be located on a map.

A statistical space, composed of several charts highlighting the main information from the data collected according to different themes (type, date, location, etc.).

The tool is 100% interactive: the choice made in one or more modules will update the information present in the other modules in real time.

From the statistical space

The elements that make up the statistical graphs act as filter buttons: by clicking on the part that quantifies incidents of influence and/or the bar that lists the actions in 2019, the dashboard will update to display only the actions corresponding to these choices.

From the map space

Similarly, by zooming in on a specific location on the map, all the statistical modules will recalculate their information in real time, only taking into account what is displayed on the map.

To go further

We have integrated a system of detailed filters by activity, actor and event to make the Dashboard more user-friendly. They can be selected from the drop-down menus above the map as checkboxes to display specific entries.

About the keywords

Due to the extremely large amount of information present on the map, we chose certain keywords to act as filters. Here are their descriptions:

+ Types of activity (statistical space)

Influence
Entries relating to clandestine (or at least not fully claimed) activities of Prigozhin and his structures aimed at exerting influence over individuals or a given situation

Paramilitary
Entries regarding any paramilitary activity: recruitment, deployment, combat, etc. Mainly concerns Wagner

Communications
Entries relating to open public communication of Prigozhin and his structures, maintenance of their public image and open influence

Media and social networks
Entries relating to activities affecting the media sector (Russian or international) and social networks in an open manner

Politics
Entries relating to the involvement of Prigozhin or his structures in Russian or international politics, whether for political purposes or to satisfy his private interests

Business
Activities with the explicit or implicit purpose of enriching Prigozhin and his structures

Other
Any entry that does not match the previous categories

+ Key actors (statistical space)

Yevgeny Prigozhin
The businessman himself

Concord and related companies
Companies belonging to the Prigozhin catering business empire, the main brand of which is the Concord holding company and the multiple companies belonging to it, but which also includes other firms serving as proxies

Wagner
Actors linked to the PMC, including mercenaries, the hierarchy and actors from Prigozhin structures contributing to its activities

IRA/Project Lakhta
Actors linked to official or unofficial structures involved in Prigozhin's influence activities, such as the Internet Research Agency or fake NGOs such as AFRIC

RIA FAN/Patriot Media Group
Actors in the media sector, including RIA FAN, as well as media belonging to the Patriot Media Group such as Nevskie Novosti

Aurum
The company through which Prigozhin has its own popular culture products produced

For-profit actor
Companies or other actors related to Prigozhin whose goal is financial enrichment; includes companies involved in the extraction of mining, energy resources or resources of any other nature, as well as the production or resale of any commercial product

Political consultants
Identified or unidentified individuals or companies carrying out consultancy, sociological research or any other activity the results of which can be used to influence an election, the awarding of a contract, etc.

Other
Any actor belonging to the structures linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin and not corresponding to the above categories

+ Events (filter)

Founding/launch
Any beginning of activity for a given entity: business establishment, opening of an account on a social network, setting up a fake NGO, etc.

Interview
Interview given personally by Yevgeny Prigozhin

Obtaining contracts
Obtaining contracts for companies linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin formally or informally

Accomplishment/award
Any honorary title, medal, prestigious position or notable promotion in the hierarchy, in an official or unofficial capacity

Private event
Any event organized by Prigozhin structures: conference, round table, festival, etc.

Strategic development
Any point in time when precise priorities in the activities of the Prigozhin structures are set, whether it be instructions, a clear evolution in the activities of the entity concerned or any other element

Diplomacy
Any event in which the interests of Russia abroad are represented and in which Prigozhin or his collaborators take part

Moving offices
Physical displacement of where the activities of the actor concerned are managed, e.g. changes of head office, relocation of employees to a new building and displacement of headquarters

Dispatch of personnel
Sending mercenaries, political consultants or other teams of collaborators or members of Prigozhin structures to a given place for an activity, providing for their stay there for a fixed or indefinite period

Legal manipulation
Any act of modification or falsification of administrative data (information on a company, identity documents, etc.) carried out for a specific determined or suspected purpose (getting around international sanctions, various abuses, trolling, etc.)

Battle
Armed clashes in which members of the Prigozhin structures took part

Legal proceedings
Any lawsuit, filing of complaint or legal proceedings of any other nature initiated by one or more actors linked to Prigozhin; also concerns proceedings initiated against one or more actors linked to Prigozhin whereby the actor(s) are trying to derive any profit

Trolling
Announcement, statement or action of any kind made exclusively for the purpose of provocation or causing confusion

Collaboration
Collaboration (initiation, announcement, break or other significant action) with actors not related to Prigozhin

Statement
Serious statement of Prigozhin or actor(s) related to the businessman directly related to his interests (announcement, claim, explanation, etc.)

Media posturing
Position taken by Prigozhin or actor(s) linked to the businessman that is not a priori linked to his interests (unemployment dynamics, beginning or end of a conflict in the world, statement or action of Russian or foreign politicians, etc.) and rather serves his image as a public figure

Influence operation
Any real-world or online, official or clandestine action undertaken within any campaign led by structures linked to Prigozhin in an attempt to change a situation of any kind in a specific direction

Popular culture
Creation or distribution of film or series, documentary, novel, comics or work of any other nature produced by the structures of Prigozhin or promoting the structures of Prigozhin

Deterrence
Threats, intimidation, beatings, assassination or any other tortious or criminal act intended to compel one or more target(s) to keep quiet, to cease activities or to carry out actions in the interests of Prigozhin and/or to serve as a warning to actors opposing Prigozhin

Political maneuvering
Any action by Prigozhin or actor(s) linked to the businessman undertaken with the aim of making a concrete impact in the political space in Russia (involvement in an electoral campaign, participation in an election, call for legislation, etc.)

Failure
Any significant incident related to Prigozhin or his structures that has harmed him (them) in any way (publication of investigation, international sanctions, court ruling, arrests, etc.)

Conflict
Event relating to a conflict (beginning, aggravation, end or other significant element) with actors unrelated to Prigozhin who formerly collaborated with him and/or who constitute competitors rather than adversaries/enemies

Recruitment
Recruitment of new personnel into the structures of Prigozhin

Other
Any event that does not fit in the above categories

Credits

Scientific direction: Kevin Limonier

Design: Kelian Sanz-Pascual, David Amsellem

Studies & Research: Kelian Sanz-Pascual, E. M.

Realization: Antonin Rosa-Martin

Welcome!

Functioning

To go further

About the keywords

Credits

Themes involved

Main actors

Type of event