Ending all speculation about whether or not Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that the private militia leader was, indeed, dead.
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Russia has been described famously as a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. That also goes for the fate of Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russia’s private Wagner militia and friend-turned-foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Ukraine gains ground in the south; Russia kills 11, including 14-year-old twins, in missile strike on pizza place
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Putin prevails in Russia; Wagner militia’s mutiny ends as chief Prigozhin leaves for Belarus
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Putin addresses Russia after mutiny by ally-turned-foe Wagner militia, speaks of ‘inescapable punishment’ for betrayal
Without naming Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has criticised Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu for staging a pointless war, Vladimir Putin said that the “armed mutiny” was a “stab in the back”.
