Presumed death of Wagner mercenary Prigozhin leaves complicated legacy

A spontaneous memorial dedicated to the head of the PMC "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in a plane crash, in front of the former office of the "PMC Wagner Center" on Zolnaya Street.

A man in military uniform with Wagner patches kneels in front of a memorial created for Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin (AAP). Credit: Kommersant Photo Agency/Sipa USA

Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead, along with nine other passengers, after a plane crash on Wednesday. They are believed to have been on a private jet that took off from Moscow. The crash follows the Wagner Group's short-lived armed uprising against Russia's military leadership in June.



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