Prigozhin's "press service" says he was buried privately, photos appear in Russian media
The press service of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, has reported that his funeral was held privately.
Source: Telegram channels Pressluzhba Prigozhina (Prigozhin’s Press Service) and Shot
Details: Pressluzhba Prigozhina reported that "the ceremony of farewell to Yevgeny Viktorovich was held in a closed format.
Those who want to say their goodbyes can go to the Porokhovskoye cemetery," the message said.
Meanwhile, the Russian Telegram channel Shot posted a photo of Prigozhin’s alleged grave at the Porokhovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg.
Background:
- Russia has classified the date and place of burial of Yevgeny Prigozhin, financier of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC), who was recently killed in a plane crash.
- On 29 August, the Kremlin officially confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not be attending the funeral.
- A small plane crashed in the Bologovsky district of Tver Oblast, Russia, on the evening of 23 August. Rosaviatsiya, the Federal Air Transport Agency, said Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as having been on board.
- The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency has posted a full list of the passengers on the plane that crashed in Russia’s Tver Oblast on the evening of 23 August. Prigozhin was on the list.
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