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Yevgenii Prigozhin, the founder of the mercenary group “Wagner”, who died in a plane crash in the Tver region on August 23, was buried in the St. Petersburg city cemetery in Russia on Tuesday, August 29, his press service announced.
12:27, 22 December 2023
The murder of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the “Wagner” mercenary group, was organized by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, the publication reveals. “The Wall Street Journal”.
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In October 2022, Prigozhin allegedly called Putin and rudely complained about the lack of ammunition in the war in Ukraine. Patrushev was also in Putin’s office at that time, and he believed that Prigozhin had become dangerous for the Kremlin.
He has repeatedly warned Putin that betting on Prigozhin and his fighters in Ukraine gives him too much political and military influence that threatens the Kremlin.
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During Prigozhin’s uprising in June 2023, Patrushev “took control,” the publication’s sources claim. Patrushev planned that if Prigozhin could not be stopped, the Kazakh army would come to the Kremlin’s aid in gratitude for Russia’s help in suppressing the riots in January 2022, WSJ sources claim.
However, the President of Kazakhstan, Kasim Zomart Tokayev, reportedly refused to do so.
After the uprising, Putin was shown Patrushev’s plan to get rid of Prigozhin. The Russian dictator did not oppose it.
The publication, citing representatives of Western intelligence services and a former Russian intelligence officer, said that it took two months to prepare the assassination of Prigozhin. The assassination plan was approved by Patrushev himself.
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On August 23, while the driver of “Wagner” was waiting at Sheremetyevo airport for the plane to be checked and prepared for departure, a small bomb was placed under the wing of the plane. Half an hour after the plane took off, the bomb exploded. All passengers died.
The Kremlin has denied any involvement in the assassination.
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