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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of people who died in the Aug. 23 crash of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane.

‘When Wagner’s key commanders died [in the plane crash], Yevgeny Prigozhin remained alive and well.’

‌’So fans of discussing my elimination, intimate life, earnings or whatever, as a matter of fact, everything is fine.’

‘He intends to take revenge on people who were intending to destroy him, and destroyed people close to him.’

Wagner military chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was officially confirmed dead by Russian authorities on Sunday. The fate of his mercenary group – and its operations in Africa and the Middle East – now hangs in the balance. FRANCE 24 spoke to Anastasiya Shapochkina, a political analyst and researcher with a focus on Russian domestic policy, about possible scenarios for the private army’s future.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner chief presumed dead after Russia plane crash Yevgeny Prigozhin – the Wagner group leader – was on…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that the mutinous chief of Russia’s Wagner group was still in Russia with thousands of fighters, but dismissed speculation that President Vladimir Putin would have Yevgeny Prigozhin killed.

Troops also won’t face punishment for the uprising, the Kremlin added this evening.