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Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a revolt against Russia President Vladimir Putin, was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday, Russian authorities said.
No cause for the crash was announced but the announcement raised suspicions that Prigozhin had been killed. Putin had denounced the June rebellion as "treason," but the mercenary leader had appeared to escape immediate retaliation after striking a deal with Kremlin to leave the country and move to Belarus.
Reacting to Prigozhin's death, Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk said that it took "longer" than he expected. "Slight chance this is a psy op," he added.