there has been no comment yet from the president on the plane crash. on the streets of moscow tonight there was a mixed reaction. i couldn t care less , he says. this was to be expected, says another. some of the things prigozhin did or didn t do needed to be punished, he had lots of enemies. so, little surprise, but much speculation, about why the jet crashed, who had targeted the plane and its controversial passenger. was this an act of revenge against the man who had dared to humiliate those in power in russia? steve rosenberg, bbc news. so how did yevgeny prigozhin rise to such influence in russia and to lead a mercenary group with a presence in many countries? our analysis editor ros atkins has more on his story. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft.
news. so how did yevgeny prigozhin rise to such influence in russia and to lead a mercenary group with a presence in many countries? our analysis editor ros atkins is here with more on his story. yevgeny prigozhin took an unorthodox route to becoming a powerfulfigure in russia. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft. and when released in 1990, he became a hot dog salesman in st petersburg. 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
on the plane crash. on the streets of moscow tonight there was a mixed reaction. i couldn t care less , he says. this was to be expected, says another. some of the things prigozhin did or didn t do needed to be punished, he had lots of enemies. so, little surprise, but much speculation, about why the jet crashed, who had targeted the plane and its controversial passenger. was this an act of revenge against the man who had dared to humiliate those in power in russia? steve rosenberg, bbc news. so how did yevgeny prigozhin rise to such influence in russia and to lead a mercenary group with a presence in many countries? our analysis editor ros atkins has more on his story. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft. and when released in 1990,