MOSCOW, Russia– The Kremlin on Friday dismissed rumours it orchestrated the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, presumed dead in a plane crash two months after leading a mutiny in Russia.
A portrait of Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen amid flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Private Military Company Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, on August 25, 2023. The plane crash that reportedly killed Yevgeny Prigozhin wiped out the entire top leadership of Russian paramilitary group Wagner but its influence is set to outlive them all both at home and abroad.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the incident as"tragic" to reporters on Friday, echoing President Vladimir Putin's words the previous evening. He also addressed the accusations of foul play. "The investigation will scrutinise all possible versions of what happened," the country's Investigative Committee said in a social media post.
Moscow has not yet confirmed Prigozhin's death. While Putin used the past tense to refer to him, Peskov said work was being carried out to formally identify Prigozhin as among the victims.As to whether Putin would attend Prigozhin's funeral, he said:"At the moment there is no date for the funeral, it is not possible to talk about this.In an address Thursday, Putin said he had known Prigozhin -- once a loyal ally -- since the early 1990s.
With Prigozhin's apparent demise, the fate of his private army Wagner -- which rose in influence during the Ukraine offensive but is also present in African conflicts -- remains unclear.
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