20 minutes agoUS: Russia responsible for Prigozhin's death
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)The White House has hinted that the Kremlin is responsible for the death of the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed by a mysterious plane crash last week. “We all know the Kremlin has long history of killing opponents”, said White House spokeswoman, [...]
“We all know the Kremlin has long history of killing opponents”, said White House spokeswoman Karina Jean-Pierre.
The “is very clear what happened here”, she added.
This is the biggest American suggestion about the possibility that Russia's President Vladimir Putin had been ordered to kill Pigozini, who had committed a short-lived uprising against the Kremlin in June.
Pigozin was buried at a private ceremony in St Petersburg on 29 August, in which Putin, once his closest ally, did not attend.
The farewell ceremony for Yevgeny Viktorovich was held through a small organisation. Those who want to say goodbye can visit Porokhovskoye” cemetery, said on the channel on the telegram used by Wagner.
The cemetery that the group referred to is located on the outskirts of St Petersburg.
A Wagner mercenary group plane, led by 62-year-olds, crashed between Moscow and St Petersburg on August 23rd, killing all 10 people aboard. Pigage was on the passenger list.
Four days later, Russia's Detective Commission announced that Pgozhin's body had been identified by doctors, along with the bodies of nine other people aboard the Embraer aircraft, who crashed under suspicious circumstances.
