he said he had known mr prigozhin a long time, since the early 1990s. he called him a man with a difficult fate who had made mistakes, but who was talented. but president putin has previously called the wagner mutiny a stab in the back, and betrayal he cannot abide. if the crash was an act of revenge, then what is the message? this is a clear message to elites you must be loyal or you must express double loyalty, even. this is a message to ordinary people look, you can survive this period but you must be quiet. there is no need in supporting somebody else. only putin is your president, your autocrat, your person to admire. in other words, don t cross the kremlin. the world of russian politics, though, is a murky one.
today, the kremlin leader broke his silence on the plane crash. he said he had known mr prigozhin a long time, since the early 19905. he called him a man with a complicated fate, who had made serious mistakes, but who was talented. but president putin has previously called the wagner mutiny a stab in the back, and betrayal he cannot abide. but was it a bomb, was it sabotage? there has been international speculation about the cause of the crash. our initial assessment is that it is likely prigozhin was killed, we are continuing to assess the situation. we don t have any information to indicate right now the press reporting, stating there was some kind of surface to air missile that took down the plane. we assess that information to be inaccurate. but if this was an act of revenge,