SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (Aug 23)said he was not surprised by reports that Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had died in a plane crash, ad
, adding that not much happens in the country that President Vladimir Putin is not behind.
Reuters could not confirm that he was on the aircraft, though a Telegram channel linked to Wagner pronounced him dead. Biden and CIA Director Williams Burns spoke separately last month of the potential danger to Prigozhin after his actions, although somewhat in jest. Speaking a week later, CIA Director William Burns said:"I think Putin is someone who generally thinks that revenge is a dish best served cold ... If I were Prigozhin, I wouldn't fire my food taster."
"This event demonstrates that the Russian elite is not united, that the contradictions within the Kremlin are growing, that the coordination between different branches within the Russian leadership is really bad."There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin or the Defence Ministry regarding Wednesday's events.The FBI had previously issued a reward of US$250,000 for information leading to the arrest of Prigozhin for US election interference.
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