People in Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s hometown of St. Petersburg paid tributes to him as news of the crash spread, but the Kremlin has not confirmed his death.
Russian officials and the Wagner Group are yet to officially confirm the fate of Yevgeniy Prigozhin, after an Embraer business jet listing the mercenary group chief among its passengers crashed northwest of Moscow, killing all 10 onboard according to Russia’s civil aviation agency. Once a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prigozhin led a dramatic failed mutiny in June, falling out of favor and laying low since.
Memorials and tributes sprung up in Prigozhin’s hometown of St. Petersburg, with people carrying flowers and lighting candles as news of the deadly crash spread.released on Monday, in which he announced a recruitment drive for Wagner, Eyewitnesses told Russian media that they heard two loud explosions before the plane fell from the sky into a field, bursting into flames.
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