Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led an abortive mutiny two months ago that shook President Vladimir Putin’s rule, was on a private jet that crashed Wednesday killing everyone aboard, Russian aviation authorities said.
No cause was announced but the crash immediately raised suspicions that Prigozhin had been killed. Putin had denounced the June rebellion as “treason” but the mercenary leader had appeared to escape immediate retaliation by the Kremlin under a deal brokered to end the revolt as his fighters came within 200 kilometers of Moscow. Questions about his fate have swirled in the two months since the mutiny, with US officials speculating he may wind up dead.
“Putin is the ultimate apostle of payback,” CIA Director William Burns said at the Aspen Security Forum last month. “Whatever the reasons were for the plane crash, everyone will see this as an act of retribution and reprisal and the Kremlin won’t do much to challenge that,” said Tatyana Stanovaya, founder of political consultant R.Politik. “From Putin’s perspective and that of many among the security services and military, Prigozhin’s death should be a lesson to any potential followers.”
The jet, an Embraer SA Legacy 600, flew on what appeared to be a routine route to the northwest for about 12 minutes after departure, according to a preliminary flight track provided by Flightradar24.com.
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