Prigozhin's funeral date and place classified in Russia
Russia has classified the date and place of burial of Yevgeny Prigozhin, financier of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC), who had recently died in a plane crash.
Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian newspaper Fontanka.ru; Russian state-owned news outlet RIA Novosti, citing Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation
Quote: "Everything is classified. We are not informed. We are under a [non-disclosure – Fontanka.ru] agreement."
Details: The newspaper reported that the funeral will likely occur at the Northern Cemetery in St Petersburg. Wagnerites have begun to arrive there.
On 29 August, the Kremlin officially confirmed that Putin does not plan to attend the event.
Background:
- On the evening of 23 August, a small plane crashed in Russia’s Tver Oblast. The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency said Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, was listed as having been on board.
- The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency posted a full list of the passengers on the plane that crashed in Russia’s Tver Oblast on the evening of 23 August. Yevgeny Prigozhin is on the list.
- Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin was taking revenge for the humiliation caused by the Wagner Group mutiny and ordered the assassination of their leadership.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine had nothing to do with the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin in Russia.
- Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president’s press secretary, responded to the question of whether Vladimir Putin will be attending Yevgeny Prigozhin’s funeral by saying the Russian dictator has a "busy schedule".
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