Various media outlets reported that Surovikin had fallen out of favor with the Kremlin following the aborted mutiny by Wagner in June, and that he was being investigated for possible complicity.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered a wave of Jewish emigration, and if current trends continue, over half of Russia’s Jews will be gone in seven years, with most of them moving to Israel
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In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry said that Russia's investigation took into account the possibility that the crash had been caused deliberately.
Prigozhin died when his business jet crashed last week, two months after he and his Wagner mercenaries staged a mutiny against Putin's military.
In a resurfaced clip from April, Prigozhin spoke of being killed and specifically mentioned: "the plane will fall apart in the air."
The decree ordering Wagner fighters to swear allegiance to Russia went into immediate effect on Friday.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he warned Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin that his life may be in danger.
A man arrested in Finland at Ukraine's request has been identified by Russia's Wagner group as a top fighter and far-right activist affiliated with one of their subunits.
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