2023-08-30 13:41:08
The leader and founder of the Russian Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died when his plane crashed, was buried Tuesday in Saint Petersburg.
The farewell “took place in private,” his company Concord said on Telegram, “people who want to say goodbye to him can go to the Porojovskoye cemetery.”
This is the first message the company has written since Wagner’s abortive rebellion against the Russian General Staff in late June, which made Prigozhin an enemy of power.
The Wagner boss and founder, a man who spent part of his youth in prison and made his fortune in the restaurant world, is originally from St. Petersburg, as is President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin had announced a few hours before that the Russian president did not plan to attend Prigozhin’s funeral, which he described as a “traitor” in June for his rebellion against the leadership of the General Staff.
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