From Moscow Times:
“Memorial for Wagner Chief Held in Private”
(The grave of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at the
Porokhovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg.)
A private ceremony was held to commemorate Russian mercenary
chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, his press service said Tuesday, urging mourners to pay
their respects at a cemetery in his native city St. Petersburg. Prigozhin — a
Kremlin confidant turned "traitor" — was killed last Wednesday, two
months after ordering his troops to topple Russia's military leadership. "Yevgeny
Viktorovich's farewell was held in a closed setting. Those wishing to say
goodbye can visit the Porokhovskoye cemetery," it said in a statement,
without specifying whether the mercenary chief killed in a plane crash had been
buried. Observers said the decision by the founder of the Wagner private
fighting force to turn his troops on Moscow was the most significant direct
challenge to President Vladimir Putin's authority since he came to power. The
Kremlin said earlier Tuesday that the Russian leader would not attend
Prigozhin's funeral. "The president's presence is not envisaged,"
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. There were no public
announcements of when or where Prigozhin, who was 62, would be buried. Putin
last week described Prigozhin as a man who had made "serious mistakes in
his life, but he achieved the right results." The Kremlin has dismissed
speculation that it orchestrated the crash in revenge for Wagner's march on
Moscow in June.
^ A fitting end to an evil man. ^
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