The plane went down in northwestern Russian, apparently with Yevgeny Prigozhin on board.
Foul play would certainly not be shocking, given the nature of Prighozin's work — and the strange and dramatic turn it took recently.
The Wagner Group has long acted as an arm of the Russian military, fighting in a number of conflicts around the world, including the ongoing. In late June, however, Prighozhin led a mutiny against the Russian armed forces and threatened to march his troops on Moscow. Prighozin ended up standing down from that threat, but the rebellion certainly complicated his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I had known Prigozhin for a very long time, since the start of the '90s," Putin said during televised remarks after the plane crash, according to Reuters."He was a man with a difficult fate, and he made serious mistakes in life."
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