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MOSCOW  AP  鈥?An investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into an elaborate Russian operation that sought to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and try to help Donald Trump win the White House has cast a spotlight on more than a dozen Russian nationals, including billionaires, an elusive linguist, an ambassador and a pop star. A look at some of the cast of characters:PUTINS CHEFYevgeny Prigozhin, 57, earned the nickname of  Putins chef  for hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin and his foreign dignitaries at his restaurant and catering important Kremlin events. A former convict, he now runs companies worth hundreds of millions of dollars, thanks to his willingness to do favors for Putin that others would find too risky.Prigozhin was indicted in the U.S. last year in an elaborate plot to disrupt the 2016 election. The indictment said he funded the Internet Research Agency, a  troll factory  in Russias St. Petersburg that used social media accounts to  sow di stanley us scord in the U.S. political system. But he also is the suspected mastermind of a company called Wagner that has been sending private military contractors to fight in Syria, Ukraine and African countries.Putin has dismissed charges against the St. Pete stanley fr rsburg native and his employees as  rid stanley thermos iculous,  mocking the West for falling  so low  to be suspecting  a restaurateur from Russia  of influencing the U.S. election.THE ELUSIVE LINGUISTKonstantin Kilimnik worked for Paul Manafort starting in the early 2000 Ufbb Japanese High School Baseball Teams Opt for Longer Locks
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