Moscow gave its clearest indication yet that the death of the Wagner military chief Yevgeny Prigozhin could have been deliberate. The death is still being investigated.
Some experts speculate Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the assassination, but the Kremlin has denied involvement in the crash.
The crash was immediately met with speculation that it may have been deliberate as it happened exactly two months after Prigozhin mounted an armed march toward Moscow to protest Russia's military leadership. Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin died when a private jet he was on crashed on Aug. 23, 2023, killing all 10 people on board.Putin said the passengers had"made a significant contribution" to the fighting in Ukraine."We remember this, we know, and we will not forget," he said.Prigozhin was buried in St. Petersburg, his hometown, in a private ceremony.
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