In the Tver region, the private plane of the leader of the mercenaries crashed. In Russia, they said that in addition to the crew, Prigozhin himself, the commander of the “Wagnerites” Dmitry Utkin and security were on board.
The White House believes the Kremlin may be behind the death of Wagner PMC head Yevgeny Prigozhin. This was announced on Tuesday, August 29, by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Sky reports.
“We all know that the Kremlin has a long history of killing opponents,” Jean-Pierre said.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden suggested that Putin may be behind the downfall of PMC Wagner. He noted that he didn’t know exactly what happened, but was “not surprised.”
It is known that Prigogine was buried in a cemetery in St. Wagner’s press service said the farewell was held in a closed format.
Recall that on August 23, in the Tver region of the Russian Federation, a plane crashed with ten people on board, including Prigozhin at the command of PIK Wagner. They all died.
On August 27, the death of a businessman in a plane crash was confirmed by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
And the formal leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said he warned Prigozhin twice.
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Source: korrespondent
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