"Evgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin appealed to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation with a statement about an attempt to kidnap him by US citizens as part of an organized criminal group," the message on the page on the VKontakte social network says.

In the statement, a copy of which is attached to the post, it is noted that, in fact, the US state authorities, having announced a reward for assistance in the detention of a Russian, are pursuing the goal of "kidnapping" him and "depriving him of his freedom illegally under a far-fetched pretext."

The businessman stressed that he had not committed any crime either on the territory of Russia or on the territory of other states, and that he was persecuted by the United States for political reasons.

Earlier, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation published an announcement of a reward for information about Prigozhin due to an investigation into "Russian interference."