difficulty of blame there. that was fairly open and shut. there are a lot of moving parts around this. the message being received through all of that is very clearly, as frank said, closing the chapter on what happened two months ago. that was a real slap in the face for the russian leadership. and it was something that needed to be resolved. they have moved slowly and carefully, weakening the remains of the wagner group, and i think that mr bogosian felt he was safe to travel. i think he felt that he had a deal mr yevgeny prigozhin felt that he was safe to travel. the checks were not being paid from moscow that were being promised, there are reports from accounts, and that was revelling in the situation. and that led to where we are now, and there is 90% chance that. marina my run, where does this leave
overwhelm them and work out where the ukrainian positions were seven they could hit them with artillery. there are three intelligence agencies, the fsb, the gr you, and the svr. the svr do foreign intelligence. the sfd are the successors to the kgb. if this was a hit by the kgb on putin s orders, and there is no evidence, but this is what everyone is suspected, it would be the fsb who carried it out. they do this wet work. the gr you is military intelligence, they allegedly did the song is pre novice shock attack in 2017. the director is said to be forming plans to replace the wagner group with a another group. they needed to neuter the wagner group. afterjune 2a, it was seen as a potential threat to the kremlin. taste
wagner marina marron, where does this leave wagner? it has lost its potential number one and two. it is difficult to predict what is going to happen to the wagner group. if the reports are correct, then it would the reports are correct, then it would mean that presumably the kremlin would mean that presumably the kremlin managed to decapitate. we have to kremlin managed to decapitate. we have to understand the rule that wagner have to understand the rule that wagner was ruled by the kremlin, and for the wagner was ruled by the kremlin, and for the kremlin, wagner was ruled by the kremlin, and forthe kremlin, it was wagner was ruled by the kremlin, and for the kremlin, it was an excellent foreign for the kremlin, it was an excellent foreign policy, that offered the kremlin foreign policy, that offered the kremlin a deal of deniability when it came kremlin a deal of deniability when it came to kremlin a deal of deniability when it came to achieving foreign policy objecti
studies department this is bbc news, the headlines: yevgeny prigozhin the wagner mercenary group leader who led a failed mutiny in russsia is presumed dead after a plane crash near moscow. vladimir putin addresses a summit by video link but makes no mention of the crash or mr prigozhin. there s happiness for some but gcse exam pass rates fall for a second year running in england, wales and northern ireland. and monkey business! animals at london zoo are lured on to the scales for their annual weigh in. more now from russia where as we ve been hearing the leader of the wagner mercenary group yevgeny prigozhin is presumed dead after a plane crash near moscow. aviation officials in russia say all 10 passengers and crew were killed in the crash
in the tver region. in st petersburg, a public memorial has been set up outside the wagner headquarters to pay tribute to mr prigozhin as well as his right hand man dimitry utkin. mr prigozhin rose from obscurity to a position of significant power in russia commanding thousands of troops financed and supported by some of the country s most powerful politicians. our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a look at his rise and fall. well, we know that prigozhin took an unorthodox route to a powerful position in russia. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft, and when released in 1990, he became a hotdog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997, he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders and to putin himself. and prigozhin s role was becoming about much more than food.