{"id":3002,"date":"2024-12-12T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3002"},"modified":"2024-12-12T11:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T11:00:47","slug":"mercenary-horatiu-potra-nicknamed-romanias-prigozhin-by-financial-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3002","title":{"rendered":"Mercenary Hora\u021biu Potra nicknamed \u201cRomania\u2019s Prigozhin\u201d by Financial Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian mercenary <strong>Hora\u021biu Potra<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/romanian-mercenary-judicial-control-protests-canceled-elections-2024\">recently placed under judicial control <\/a>for attempting to incite protests and possessing weapons, was compared by the Financial Times to the late leader of Russia\u2019s Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a recent article.<\/p>\n<p>Potra, 54, bears a striking resemblance to Yevgeny Prigozhin, was a member of the French Foreign Legion and a military contractor in the Democratic Republic of Congo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/cb3e97fc-78aa-4aca-8138-f894f54e7212\">Financial Times<\/a> writes.\u00a0The British daily headlines that \u201cWagner-style mercenaries\u201d were planning to destabilize Romania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Romanian contingent in DRC is dubbed \u201cRomeos,\u201d according to other military contractors present in the country,\u201d the article adds.<\/p>\n<p>Potra and his men were also active in the Central African Republic, where remnants of Prigozhin\u2019s Wagner Group are still present.\u00a0However, Potra, who\u00a0was previously sentenced to nearly three years of suspended imprisonment for forming a paramilitary group,\u00a0has denied any association with the Russian warlord or his fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Prigozhin died in an aviation accident two months after launching a failed rebellion against the Kremlin regime last year.<\/p>\n<p>Hora\u021biu Potra, a supporter of former far-right and pro-Russian presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/calin-georgescu-suprise-winner-romania-presidential-elections\">C\u0103lin Georgescu<\/a>, was placed under judicial supervision for 60 days after police discovered he was leading a group of individuals preparing serious unrest in the capital. An arsenal of weapons was found in their vehicles. Wiretaps suggest these individuals had a list of names, including politicians and journalists, whom they planned to intimidate to silence negative commentary about C\u0103lin Georgescu.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into Potra is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/backers-calin-georgescu-raided-detained-illegal-funds-weapons-2024\">a larger one targeting Georgescu\u2019s far-right associates and financial backers with ties to Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:radu@romania-insider.com\">radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/George Calin)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian mercenary Hora\u021biu Potra, recently placed under judicial control for attempting to incite protests and possessing weapons, was compared by the Financial Times to the late leader of Russia\u2019s Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a recent article. Potra, 54, bears a striking resemblance to Yevgeny Prigozhin, was a member of the French Foreign Legion and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}