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A man wearing Wagner Group PMC insignia walks past a memorial to Yevgeny Prigozhin in Moscow this week

After Prigozhin, what will the Kremlin do with Wagner?

With Yevgeny Prigozhin now dead, the Kremlin must decide what to do with the Wagner mercenary group and its 25,000 fighters. The group's lucrative contracts in Africa make it too valuable to disband for the Kremlin.

World • 02 Sep 23

Yevgeny Prigozhin's grave in Porokhovskoye cemetery, Saint Petersburg

Yevgeny Prigozhin followers visit grave to hail a hero

Followers of mutinous Russian mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin have laid flowers, messages and poetry at his grave, hailing him as a fearless warrior after he died along with his inner circle in a yet-to-be-explained plane crash.

World • 30 Aug 23

A man stands guard at an informal memorial for Yevgeny Prigozhin near Red Square in Moscow

Prigozhin buried in private service, Putin stays away

The funeral of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash last week, has been held privately at a cemetery on the outskirts of his hometown St Petersburg, according to his press service.

World • 29 Aug 23

Russia has confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin died in the plane crash

Prigozhin: Russian mercenary chief turned Kremlin enemy

Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was a Kremlin confident catapulted to infamy by the offensive in Ukraine before he turned his troops on Russia's capital.

World • 27 Aug 23

Yevgeny Prigozhin died in Wednesday's plane crash, according to Russia's Investigation Committee

Prigozhin's death confirmed by genetic tests - Russia

Russia's Investigation Committee has confirmed Yevgeny Prigozhin was among ten people killed in a plane crash near Moscow on Wednesday.

World • 27 Aug 23

Yevgeny Progozhin was listed as a passenger on the downed plane

US trying to determine how Prigozhin's plane was downed

US President Joe Biden has said American officials are trying to determine precisely how Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane was brought down in Russia, leaving no survivors.

World • 25 Aug 23

The scene of the crash in which Yevgeny Prigozhin died

No indications missile brought plane down - Pentagon

The US Department of Defense has said it did not have information supporting theories that a surface-to-air missile was used to shoot down the aircraft of Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin.

World • 24 Aug 23

A Telegram channel linked to Wagner pronounced Yevgeny Prigozhin dead

Prigozhin on board crashed plane, says aviation agency

The founder of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was on board the plane that crashed near Moscow, Russia's aviation agency Rosaviatsia said.

World • 23 Aug 23

Yevgeny Prigozhin