Yevgeny Prigozhin

Cocaine and grenades? Patriotic bloggers scorn Putin's Prigozhin plane crash theory

One Telegram channel which calls itself CHVK posted a sarcastic montage of Prigozhin's own voice saying: "Well of course, we sniffed a load of coke and then threw some grenades about on the plane."

Emergency specialists carry a body bag near wreckages of the private jet linked to Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin near the crash site in the Tver region, Russia, August 24, 2023
  Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner, gives an address in camouflage and with a weapon in his hands in a desert area at an unknown location, in this still image taken from video possibly shot in Africa and published August 21, 2023.

Wagner's Prigozhin blown up by grenades on plane, Putin suggests

 Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with senior former commander of the Wagner mercenary group Andrei Troshev and Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov in Moscow, Russia, September 28, 2023.

After Putin meeting, is Russia's Wagner back to fight in Ukraine? - explainer

 A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023.

Future of paramilitary Wagner Group unclear after leader's death - explainer


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50 Influential Jews: Yevgeny Prigozhin - Postscript

Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin formed a restaurant empire and a troll farm to interfere in the 2016 US elections. But his actions as head of the Wagner Group cemented his legacy.

Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin

Ukraine's Zelensky says Putin killed mercenary boss Prigozhin

Zelensky made the comment in passing at a conference in Kyiv as he was asked a question about the Russian president.

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Late Russian mercenary Prigozhin spoke about his security in newly surfaced video

"For those who are discussing whether I'm alive or not, how I'm doing - right now it's the weekend, second half of August 2023, I'm in Africa," Prigozhin says in the short video.

  Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner, gives an address in camouflage and with a weapon in his hands in a desert area at an unknown location, in this still image taken from video possibly shot in Africa and published August 21, 2023.

Kremlin says Prigozhin plane crash may have been caused deliberately

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.

 A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023.

At the grave of Russia's Prigozhin, followers hail a warrior

 A view shows a framed photo of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at his grave at the Porokhovskoye cemetery in Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 30, 2023.

US: Russia's Kremlin could be behind death of Wagner's Prigozhin

"We all know that the Kremlin has a long history of killing opponents," said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. "It's very clear what happened here."

 A view shows a portrait of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a makeshift memorial in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023.

Russia's Putin won't attend Prigozhin funeral - Kremlin

Prigozhin died when his business jet crashed last week, two months after he and his Wagner mercenaries staged a mutiny against Putin's military.

 A view shows portraits of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and Wagner group commander Dmitry Utkin at a makeshift memorial in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023.

Did Wagner chief Prigozhin predict his death in plane crash?

In a resurfaced clip from April, Prigozhin spoke of being killed and specifically mentioned: "the plane will fall apart in the air."

  Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner, gives an address in camouflage and with a weapon in his hands in a desert area at an unknown location, in this still image taken from video possibly shot in Africa and published August 21, 2023.