2023-08-29 17:36:00
Time.news – The head of the Wagner Group, Evgeny Prigozhinwho died in the crash of the plane he was traveling on last August 23, was buried after a private funeral rite in St. Petersburg. This was announced by Wagner’s press service. “The farewell farewell to Yevgeny Viktorovich took place behind closed doors. Those wishing to say goodbye can visit the Porokhovskoe cemetery, his staff wrote on Telegram.
The Kremlin earlier announced that President Putin would not attend the funeral of Prigozhin, whose death was confirmed by DNA tests.
“The presence of the President is not expected,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, answering the question of whether Putin would attend the funeral. After reiterating the absence of public information on where or when the former Wagner leader will be buried, “we have no specific information on the funeral”, added Peskov, underlining that the decision in this regard rests “with family and friends” .
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