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In this image taken from video, smoke rises from the crash of a private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver region of Russia, on Aug. 23. Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, and his top lieutenants were among the 10 people killed in the crash northwest of the Russian capital.

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Grenade fragments were found in bodies in Prigozhin's plane crash, Putin claims

3:06pm October 05, 2023

by The Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin says hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of people who died in the Aug. 23 crash of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane.

Flowers left on the grave of Yevgeny Prigozhin who died in a plane crash are seen during the funeral ceremony at a cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday.

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Prigozhin is buried in St. Petersburg as Russians mourn the Wagner mercenary chief

4:36pm August 29, 2023

by Charles Maynes

Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash last week. Many Russians are mourning — and speculating about the crash.

A portrait of the late owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin sits at an informal memorial next to the former the group's headquarters in St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 24.

Latest on Ukraine: Wagner chief Prigozhin died as Russia's war turned 18 months

4:16pm August 28, 2023

by NPR Staff

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A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin lays at an informal street memorial near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023.

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Russia confirms that Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in last week's plane crash

2:27pm August 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

Russia's Investigative Committee said genetic tests confirmed that the head of the mercenary force Wagner, who led a short-lived armed rebellion, and two of the group's leaders were on the plane.

A portrait of Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen among flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Wagner Group headquarters in St. Petersburg, Friday. Prigozhin and other members of the mercenary company are believed to have died in a plane crash in Russia.

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The Kremlin denies causing the plane crash thought to have killed Prigozhin

12:58pm August 25, 2023

by Charles Maynes

The Kremlin is dismissing allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind the apparent death of Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash.

A view of the site after a jet crashed in Russia's northwestern Tver region on Aug. 23. Russian authorities say Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was among those on the flight manifest. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to families of those killed in the crash. He noted Wagner members were reportedly on board and spoke warmly of his relationship with Prigozhin in the past tense.

What we know — and don't — about the Russian crash that possibly killed Prigozhin

5:24pm August 24, 2023

by Charles Maynes

Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner mercenary group, appeared on the passenger list of a business jet that crashed Wednesday in Russia. Beyond that, little is clear.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, looks from a military vehicle leaving an area of the HQ of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24.

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Russian officials say Wagner boss Prigozhin was on passenger list of jet that crashed

5:17pm August 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

A jet from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed, killing all 10 people on board, officials said. Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, officials said, but it wasn't clear if he was on board.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday.

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Putin met Wagner leader Prigozhin days after failed uprising

11:18am July 10, 2023

by Charles Maynes

The Kremlin says the Russian leader met Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin and nearly three dozen of his mercenary commanders for talks in Moscow late last month.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko says that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia. Lukashenko is seen here at his residence, the Independence Palace, in the capital Minsk on Thursday.

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Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is back in Russia, says Belarus' Lukashenko

1:18pm July 06, 2023

That's in contrast to the deal worked out after the failed uprising last month. The Kremlin had said the Wagner group leader would be exiled to neighboring Belarus but would not face charges.

A Ukrainian serviceman of the 3rd Assault Brigade prepares to fire a mortar toward Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday.

Week in Russia-Ukraine: Wagner mutiny rattles Moscow, as counteroffensive creeps along

1:37pm July 03, 2023

by Alex Leff

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