Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in a suspicious plane crash after his brief mutiny against the Kremlin, was buried in a private ceremony on Tuesday, his representatives and Russian media said.
The remains identified by Moscow as those of the rebel warlord were buried next to his father at the Porokhovskoye cemetery in his hometown of St. Petersburg, according to his press service and Russian media.
The silent service for the 62-year-old man was not attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is rumored to have been behind the apparent explosion on Wednesday that brought down the private plane allegedly carrying the rebel, six of his associates and three crew members. . .
The Kremlin has denied responsibility for the aviation disaster, and Putin last week offered condolences to the family of his former ally, albeit in a sinister statement that referred to the “serious mistakes” and “complicated fate” of Prigozhin.
Photos of Prigozhin’s grave appeared.
Since Prigozhin was a “hero of Russia”, he was supposed to be buried with full military honors, but the head of the PMC “Wagner” was buried like a stray dog in a St. Petersburg cemetery next to his father. pic.twitter.com/Mc856MpXel
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Putin had previously accused Prigozhin of “treason” after he ordered his paramilitary group to seize control of the military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don on the border with Ukraine, shoot down Russian planes and march on Moscow to oust defense leaders. , whom he criticized for their handling. of the Ukrainian war.
A deal was quickly brokered for Prigozhin to end his mutiny in exchange for amnesty in Belarus, but many experts said the damage had already been done to Putin, who was facing his biggest threat to his authoritarian rule since coming to power in 1999. .
Although Prigozhin had previously reportedly been awarded Russia’s highest military honor for leading his band of Kremlin-funded mercenaries into Ukraine to supplement the unprovoked invasion of the country, his private funeral was devoid of the pomp and circumstance that would traditionally adorn the de a decorated war hero.
The remains identified by Moscow as Prigozhin were buried next to his father at the Porokhovskoye cemetery in his hometown of St. Petersburg.AFP via Getty Images
Yevgeny Prigozhin appears in a video from March calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to withdraw Bakhmut’s forces from Ukraine.AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin, seen in 2010 with Prigozhin, did not attend his former ally’s funeral.SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images
A funeral was also held Tuesday at another St. Petersburg cemetery for Wagner’s logistics chief Valery Chekalov, who died in the crash along with Dmitry Utkin, Prigozhin’s second-in-command, and four fighters and bodyguards.
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