Leader of the Wagner Group died in a plane crash

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the private military company known as the Wagner Group, died in a plane crash on Wednesday. Russian news agencies indicated that Prigozhin died when the plane in which he was traveling between Moscow and Saint Petersburg crashed.

The TASS news agency reported that Prigozhin was one of the passengers of a private jet that crashed on Wednesday, along with nine other people.

The Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported that the Telegram channel Gray Zone, close to the Wagner Group, indicated that the plane in which Prigozhin was traveling was shot down by anti-aircraft defense.

The Wagner Group is a private Russian paramilitary unit that was owned by the now-deceased Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman who, according to DW, had ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin before his inauguration last month. .

According to various investigations, the Wagner Group had become a political instrument of Russia throughout the world. An investigation by Christopher Faulkner revealed that this company, dubbed a private military company (PMC), has cultivated relationships with multiple governments in Africa, exchanging military services for mining concessions and political favors.

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