2023-08-29 20:07:13
No big ceremony or farewell with great fanfare for Evgueni Prigojine. Disgraced since his abortive rebellion, the boss of the Wagner group was treated to a discreet ceremony and a secret burial, after his death in a plane crash. His company, Concord, however, called on those wishing to “say goodbye” to him to go to a cemetery in St Petersburg. An AFP photographer was able to see the back of the alleged grave of Yevgueni Prigojine without being able to approach, the cemetery of Porokhovskoye, at the northeastern end of the former imperial capital having been cordoned off by a cordon law enforcement.
“The farewell to Evgueni Viktorovitch took place in private. People wishing to say goodbye can go to the Porokhovskoye cemetery,” his company, Concord, said on Telegram. This is the first message from Concord since Wagner’s aborted rebellion against the Russian general staff at the end of June, which had made Yevgueni Prigojine the enemy of power.
Accident, bomb or missile
The Kremlin announced earlier on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin was not planning to attend the funeral of Yevgeny Prigozhin, whom he called a “traitor” during his mutiny. Telegram channels claiming to be linked to Wagner have claimed that the Russian authorities had not been informed of the holding of the farewell ceremony, even that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s collaborators disseminated “false information” on d other potential places to cover their tracks.
The businessman from Saint Petersburg (northwest), boss of the paramilitary group Wagner, died on Wednesday in the crash of his plane, northwest of Moscow. If the Kremlin denied any involvement, the accident aroused the suspicions of Ukraine and Westerners. On Sunday, the Russian Investigation Committee had confirmed the death of Yevgueni Prigojine following “molecular genetic expertise”, without mentioning either the thesis of the accident, or those of a bomb or a ground missile. air.
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