The Kremlin rejected Friday rumours that it had ordered the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, presumed to have died in a plane crash two months after leading a mutiny in Russia.
A portrait of Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen at the makeshift memorial in Moscow, on August 24, 2023. – Russian state-run news agencies on August 23, 2023 said that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner group that led a mutiny against Russia’s army in June, was on the list of passengers of a plane that crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver Region.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the incident as “tragic” to reporters on Friday and acknowledged public discourse around foul play and possible involvement of the authorities. President Vladimir Putin broke his silence on the crash Thursday, offering condolences to the families of the 10 people onboard and describing the incident as a “tragedy.”
With Prigozhin’s apparent demise, the fate of his private army Wagner — which shot up in influence during the Ukraine offensive but is also present in African conflicts — remained unclear.
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