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The Plane Crash That Killed Yevgeny Prigozhin

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Two months after leading a failed uprising in Russia, Wagner paramilitary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead. A plane that Prigozhin was traveling in crashed outside Moscow on Wednesday. The cause of the crash is still unknown. WSJ’s Yaroslav Trofimov reports on the demise of the mercenary boss who challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin. Further Reading: - Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, Who Clashed With Russian Military, Dies - The Last Days of Wagner’s Prigozhin Further Listening: - The Mutiny That Shook Putin’s Grip on Power - ‘Putin’s Chef’ New Serving Up Gains for Russia in Ukraine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Yesterday, a private jet fell from the sky's northwest of Moscow.

0:11.6

The video footage has been released by eyewitnesses on social media.

0:16.2

The most striking one is a woman who's filming it saying that she has heard two or three

0:22.6

explosions.

0:26.6

And then the plane, by then, missing one wing, just tumbling out of the sky and crashing

0:32.8

and exploding into a fireball.

0:36.1

That's our colleague, Yaroslav Trophymoth.

0:38.4

He's our chief foreign affairs correspondent.

0:41.9

Russia's civil aviation authority later said all ten people on board were killed.

0:48.2

Three crew members and seven passengers, including Yvgeny Pregozion.

0:55.5

One founded the notorious Russian mercenary force, the Wagner Group.

1:00.1

And two months ago, he launched an armed insurrection, challenging the government of Russian

1:05.9

president Vladimir Putin.

1:09.8

Do we know for certain that Pregozion is dead?

1:13.5

Well, nobody has seen the body yet in public.

1:18.4

But people who have seen the body and spoke to the Russian media claim that they have authenticated.

1:24.0

He remains as Pregozion.

1:26.1

So it seems to be certain that he's in fact dead.

1:30.0

And if he is, in fact, dead, what's the burning question you have?

1:35.9

The most immediate one is who done it, right?

1:39.3

So what are the exact details of the downing of this jet?

1:43.3

But I think more importantly going forward is, will this backfire Putin and the commanders

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