Questions Abound After Wagner Group Chief’s Reported Death in Plane Crash

The mysterious death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a short-lived rebellion against Moscow in June, has drawn wide-ranging reactions in Russian and international media.
Questions Abound After Wagner Group Chief’s Reported Death in Plane Crash
Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group military company, speaks to a camera at an unknown location in an image released on Aug. 21, 2023. Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel via AP
Adam Morrow
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The reported death of Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash has sparked a firestorm of speculation as to whether the Wagner Group chief was killed intentionally.

The crash, the cause of which remains unknown, occurred almost two months after Mr. Prigozhin led a short-lived mutiny that had briefly appeared to threaten Moscow itself.