The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, expressed condolences to the family and friends of the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Kadyrov called Prigozhin “an important person of national significance,” but noted that recently the head of the PMC “either did not see or did not want to see the full picture of what was happening in the country” and put “personal ambitions” above “matters of primary national importance.” "Everything else could have been decided later.

Meduza spoke to Wagner mercenaries about the plane crash that killed Yevgeny Prigozhin Meduza special correspondent Lilia Yapparova spoke to current and former Wagner mercenaries, and other people with working knowledge of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s business empire, about what will happen to the Wagner Group now that its leader has been killed.

Wagner Group expert Denis Korotkov explains what will happen to Wagner Group without Prigozhin Анастасия Барашкова / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA A makeshift memorial to Yevgeny Prigozhin at the Wagner center in St. Petersburg, August 24, 2023 On the evening of August 23, Wagner Group leader Evgeny Prigozhin’s private plane crashed in Russia’s Tver region, northwest of Moscow. Ten people were killed in the crash, three of them members of the plane’s crew.

US Department of Defense spokesman General Patrick Ryder said that, according to the Pentagon, the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, died in a plane crash on August 23. He stated this at a briefing, his words quoted by CNN. "I'm not going to go into detail about how we gather information, but our initial assessment, based on multiple factors, is that he was most likely deceased," Ryder said.

Dmitry Lebedev / Kommersant / Sipa USA / Scanpix / Leta at the crash site of the Embraer Legacy aircraft, in the list of passengers of which was Evgeny Prigozhin, August 24, 2023 The aircraft, on board which, presumably, was the founder of the PMC Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin, crashed as a result of Prigozhin’s attempt , The Wall Street Journal said with reference to US officials.

Vladimir Putin’s comments about when he first met Yevgeny Prigozhin raise questions about the historical record Ambor / ullstein bild / Getty Images Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, March 15, 1993 In his first public comments on the plane crash that killed mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin said he’d known the St.

Ambor / UllStein Bild / Getty Images Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, March 15, 1993 Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he knew the St. Petersburg businessman, the founder of the PMC of Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin "a very long time ago, since the beginning of the 90s." Putin said this, commenting on the crash of Prigozhin aircraft in the Tver region. As the journalist Farid Rustamova drew attention , it was not known about this earlier.

The Russian Volunteer Corps ( RVC ), fighting on the side of Ukraine, recorded a video message addressed to the Wagner PMC mercenaries. The leader of the RVC, Denis Nikitin (Kapustin), speaks in the video. "I appeal to the fighters of the Wagner PMC, for whom valor and honor still have at least some meaning. Apparently, yesterday your founding father and commanders were cynically executed. And you know very well who is behind this.

"Medusa" found out that the mercenaries from the Wagner PMC themselves think about the crash of Prigozhin aircraft There is a mat in this text. If this is unacceptable for you, please do not read it. In the evening of August 23, the inhabitants of Tver village of Kuzhenkino saw how "in the sky flashed." A few minutes later, several “glands” fell to the ground, from which black smoke went.

Ukrainian military pilots will begin training in October to fly American F-16 fighter jets at Morris Air Force Base in Arizona. This was announced by Pentagon press secretary Brigadier General Patrick Ryder. “Following English language training for pilots in September, F-16 pilot training will begin in October at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona, with the assistance of the National Guard's 162nd Wing,” Ryder said during a briefing for reporters ( quoted by CNN).

In the United States, it is believed that the business jet, which allegedly carried the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Two American officials told Reuters about this. According to them, it is assumed that the missile was fired from Russian territory. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, emphasized that this information is still preliminary and is being verified.

Putin comments on Yevgeny Prigozhin’s apparent death nearly 24 hours after plane crash Nearly 24 hours after a plane with Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on board crashed in Russia’s Tver region, President Vladimir Putin has made his first public statement.

CNN has published a radar image of the area where the Embraer Legacy 600 plane crashed, with Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin among its passengers. Based on the Umbra Lab image, the channel concluded that the fuselage of the plane was mostly intact when the business jet crashed into the ground on August 24. The crash site is shaped like an elongated oval, mostly consisting of the fuselage. This is confirmed by the video of the plane crash, CNN points out.

Navalny called the collapse of Prigozhin’s airplane "a terrorist attack arranged by Putin" Alexander Zemlyanichenko / AP / Scanpix / Leta Russian politician Alexei Navalny commented on the collapse of the aircraft in the Tver region, on which, presumably, was the founder of the PMC Vagner Evgeny Prigozhin, PMC commander Dmitry Utkin (he is Wagner) and other representatives of a private military company.

The doctor’s famous doctor was accused of giving up patients for years. Some of them did not talk about what had happened, fearing persecution Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia Arkady Rutgizer Several women accused the honored doctor of Russia and the former deputy of the Karelia Legislative Assembly from the United Russia party Arkady Rutgayzer in harassment and sexualized violence during medical techniques.