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Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was presumed dead after a plane crash.
Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's name on the list of passengers on board a plane that crashed on Wednesday has triggered wild speculations, with many sharing an old clip of Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he commented on “betrayal”. Described as a one-time confidante of Putin, Prigozhin launched an armed rebellion in June against the Russian military leadership, only to call a truce within 24 hours following an intervention from the Belarus president.
Putin denounced the mutiny as “treason” but quickly agreed to a deal that saw the mercenary boss exiled to neighbouring Belarus. Many Kremlin observers questioned whether the truce would ever last long given Putin’s track record as the Kremlin has repeatedly been accused of targeting its opponents for death, an allegation officials there deny.