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Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried throughout a low-key ceremony in his house metropolis of St. Petersburg six days after he died in a airplane crash, the useless warlord’s press service stated Tuesday.
The funeral was held “in a closed format,” in keeping with a submit on the Telegram channel of Prigozhin’s firm Concord. The mercenary-turned-mutineer was buried in the Porokhovskoye cemetery, on the outskirts of St. Petersburg.
On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov advised reporters Russian President Vladimir Putin — who Prigozhin rose up towards in June — wouldn’t attend the funeral.
According to some Russian retailers, round 20 to 30 folks attended the ceremony, which lasted about 40 minutes. Sources advised Russian state-run information outlet TASS that holding a personal ceremony with solely family and friends was what Prigozhin’s family needed.
Pictures circulating on social media and brought by information company Reuters present what’s reportedly Prigozhin’s grave, subsequent to his father’s.
Earlier immediately, the funeral for Prigozhin confidant Valery Chekalov, who additionally died in the airplane crash that killed the Wagner chief, was held at a distinct cemetery in St. Petersburg. That ceremony was attended by Chekalov’s household and a few Wagner mercenaries and workers from Prigozhin’s enterprise empire.
Prigozhin led Russia’s Wagner Group of fighters, together with on the entrance line in Ukraine, earlier than he launched an aborted rebellion towards the Kremlin in June. He died in a fiery airplane crash final week two months to the day after the revolt began.
The Kremlin has rejected accusations that Putin ordered Prigozhin’s death in revenge for the mutiny.
This story has been up to date.
