Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been confirmed dead in a plane crash. Russia’s Investigative Committee has confirmed Prigozhin’s death in a plane crash. The investigation committee reached this conclusion after molecular genetic study of the dead bodies. Prigozhin had recently rebelled against Russian President Vladimir Putin. After this, 10 people died in a plane crash near the Russian capital Moscow on Wednesday. It was claimed that Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard this plane along with several of his commanders.
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Russia’s Investigative Committee said a molecular genetic study has been completed as part of the investigation into the plane crash in the Tavar region. According to the results of experts, all 10 dead have been identified. They are as per passenger list.
Putin expressed his condolences
In televised comments on Prigozhin’s death, Russian President Vladimir Putin described the tragedy as a “tragedy” and expressed his “deepest condolences to the families of all the victims”. At the same time, Putin said, “I have known Prigozhin for a long time, since the early 90s. He was a man with a complicated fate and made serious mistakes in his life, but he achieved the right results.”
The relationship started deteriorating from last year
Let us tell you that Prigozhin created the Wagner group of mercenaries, which in 2014 took part in the fighting in Crimea and North Africa and Syria. Relations between Putin and Prigozhin began to deteriorate during the war with Ukraine in October last year. Prigozhin protested Russia’s decision to withdraw from the strategic Russian city of Liman in Ukraine after being called up to fight in Ukraine. In February, Prigozhin accused Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Putin’s most senior general, Valery Gerasimov, of withholding ammunition and supplies to destroy the Wagner group. In June Prigozhin staged a coup d’état against the Russian army, with thousands of mercenaries marching from southern Russia to Moscow with the aim of overthrowing the military leaders. The rebellion later ended after the intervention of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
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