Pictures have emerged of the aftermath of the crash, which happened about halfway through the flight from moscow to st petersburg, while the plane was at its cruising altitude. trajectory data suggest the aircraft essentially dropped out of the sky. russia s aviation agency shared what it claimed was a list of the passengers on the doomed flight among them, mr prigozhin and key wagner commander dmitry utkin. as police cordoned off the crash site, russia s emergency ministry claimed that ten bodies has been recovered from the wreckage. the bbc has not been able to independently verify this information yet. but outside the wagner group headquarters in st petersburg, mourners have been laying flowers and lighting candles. if mr prigozhin is indeed dead, it would be an abrupt end but it s not unexpected, as will vernon explains from moscow. i don t think this news has surprised anyone here today. around an hour after that plane crash, the russian federal aviation authority released a
Of that time, he s said a group of patriots was born , which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner s military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing the group of committing. torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings. and then came the war. when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but as wagner s death toll grew, so did prigozhin s fury. expressed first in video rants. and then in a short lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the the mutineers and traitors. but for prigozhin, charges were dropped, no arrest followed. and we asked, why wasn t putin punishing prigozhin?
Proven themselves. it success. the wagner troops have proven themselves. proven themselves. if these are some of the proven themselves. if these are some of the best proven themselves. if these are some of the best fighters - proven themselves. if these are some of the best fighters for i some of the best fighters for russia, what are the consequences for the defence ministry if you have this news confirmed and wagner fighters who are not particularly happy with what has happened to their leader? ~ ., ., ., leader? the wagner folks have been out in leader? the wagner folks have been out in the leader? the wagner folks have been out in the fight leader? the wagner folks have been out in the fight for - leader? the wagner folks have been out in the fight for two i been out in the fight for two months. when they executed this mutiny, that was in latejune. they have been out in the fight in ukraine for two months. the russians have done not much over two months but have been dig
Could get prigozhin in a much weaker position. he allowed him to walk for about two months and now he is dead. i think that sounds a very chilling message to anyone that would go after him in russia. it sends a more stabilising message to those in nato but have to think about how this conflict in ukraine might eventually wind down and end. down and end. ian, vladimir putin really down and end. ian, vladimir putin really relies down and end. ian, vladimir putin really relies on - down and end. ian, vladimir putin really relies on the - putin really relies on the wagner group to fight his wars, particularly when it comes to ukraine. what can we expect next? particularly in this conflict in ukraine? it next? particularly in this conflict in ukraine?- conflict in ukraine? it is really not conflict in ukraine? it is really not true - conflict in ukraine? it is really not true in - conflict in ukraine? it is really not true in terms | conflict in ukraine? it is. really not true in ter
And when released in 1990, he became a hot dog 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. in 2014 russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. of that time, he s said a group of patriots was born , which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner s military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing the group of committing. torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings . and then came the war.