Tag: Prigozhin
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Prigozhin crash LIVE: Putin claims hand grenades set off inside Wagner chief’s plane | World | News
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin provided the first major update in the investigation into the plane crash that killed Yevgeny Prigozhin. The probe, being carried out by Russia, was launched after a private jet with a total of 10 people aboard including Mr Prigozhin and two other leading figures of the Wagner Group crashed down…
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Putin reveals theory on Prigozhin plane crash – POLITICO
[ad_1] The plane crash that killed Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin could have been the result of intoxicated fighters letting off hand grenades, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Thursday. Speaking surrounded by oligarchs and apparatchiks at a meeting of the Valdai Club in the Black Sea city of Sochi, Putin insisted “there was no external…
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Wagner flag flies at Prigozhin plane crash site
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Putin: Russia’s Prigozhin buried privately in St Petersburg
[ad_1] ST PETERSBURG: Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried privately at a cemetery on the outskirts of St Petersburg on Tuesday, six days after his death in an unexplained plane crash. The funeral took place away from the glare of the media and in stark contrast to the brazen, self-publicising style with which Prigozhin…
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Yevgeny Prigozhin death confirmed by Russia, says cause of crash unclear
[ad_1] Key PointsGenetic tests confirm Wagner chief Prigozhin’s death in crash, ending speculation.Wagner founder and Prigozhin’s right-hand man Dmitry Utkin also among the dead.The cause of the crash remains unclear as Russia investigates. Russian investigators say genetic tests have confirmed Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people killed when…
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Genetic tests confirm Prigozhin died in plane crash, Russia says – POLITICO
[ad_1] Russian investigators on Sunday confirmed the death of Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash last Wednesday, citing genetic tests indicating his identity. Prigozhin’s name was among those of the 10 passengers on the flight manifest for the private jet, which crashed in Russia’s Tver region while travelling from Moscow to…
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Genetic tests confirm Prigozhin died in crash: Russia
[ad_1] Russian investigators say genetic tests have confirmed Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people killed when his private jet crashed. Russia’s aviation agency had previously published the names of all 10 people on board the plane that crashed in the Tver region northwest of Moscow on Wednesday. They…
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Belarus leader says he urged Prigozhin to ‘watch out’
[ad_1] Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he had warned Russian mercenary chiefs Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin to watch out for possible threats to their lives, and he insists that Wagner fighters will remain in Belarus. Russian President Vladimir Putin initially vowed to crush Prigozhin’s June mutiny, comparing it to the wartime turmoil that ushered…
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FirstFT: Prigozhin crash not caused by surface-to-air missile, says US
[ad_1] Receive free World updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest World news every morning. Initial US intelligence reports suggest the plane carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin was not downed by a surface-to-air missile, according to people briefed on the findings. US officials are still working on the assumption that the…
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Putin expresses ‘condolences’ over Wagner’s Prigozhin plane crash
[ad_1] Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin with Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Twitter @Sprinter99880) By Bloomberg News Russia’s President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the families of those killed in the private-jet crash that allegedly took life of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner mercenary group. “Preliminary information says that some Wagner…
