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Putin expresses ‘condolences’ over plane crash which killed Wagner Group chief
Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, left, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, around his factory outside St. Petersburg, Russia, September 20, 2010. (Alexei Druzhinin/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Russian President Vladimir Putin expresses his “condolences” over a plane crash thought to have killed Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin yesterday.
“First of all I want to express words of sincere condolences to the families of all the victims,” Putin says, describing Prigozhin as a man who made serious “mistakes” but “achieved results.”
Putin says an investigation will look into the circumstances of the crash.
Prigozhin was branded a “traitor” by Putin after his short-lived rebellion against the conventional Russian army on June 23-24. Most Western officials believe Moscow deliberately downed the plane as an act of revenge.
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