Media reports suggested the 62-year-old, who died in a plane crash last week, is likely to be buried in St Petersburg’s Serafimovskoe Cemetery.
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash last week
St Petersburg’s Fontanka news outlet and some other media said the 62-year-old is likely to be buried in the Serafimovskoe Cemetery, which has previously been used for high-profile military burials.An increased police presence was also reported at some other city cemeteries. The country’s top criminal investigation agency, the Investigative Committee, officially confirmed Mr Prigozhin’s death on Sunday.
A preliminary US intelligence assessment concluded that an intentional explosion caused the plane to go down, and Western officials have pointed to a long list of Putin opponents who have been assassinated. Mr Putin denounced the revolt as “treason” and vowed to punish its perpetrators but hours later struck a deal that saw Mr Prigozhin ending the mutiny in exchange for amnesty and permission for him and his troops to move to Belarus.
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