State TV broadcast images of armed Russian law enforcers entering Prigozhin's office. St Petersburg's Fontanka news outlet had reported that raids on properties linked to Prigozhin were conducted on 24 June.
Prigozhin has said Wagner only dealt in cash, which it used to pay salaries and expenses. Putin has said Wagner was financed by the state.The program showed several passports with different names, which it said Prigozhin had used."Why did this person have such strange powers, like the serious leader of some kind of criminal group?"
"We need to get to the bottom of who was on whose side . We need to punish and prosecute them," Petrov said.A collection of souvenir sledgehammers, the tool Prigozhin called a symbol of vengeance to be used against traitors, were also shown. The engraving on this one reads, "For use in important negotiations".The attack on Prigozhin on state TV could not have been launched without the Kremlin's knowledge.