Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a suspicious plane crash after his short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin, was buried in a private ceremony Tuesday, said his reps and Russian media.
Remains identified by Moscow as those of the rogue warlord were buried next to his father in the Porokhovskoye cemetery in his hometown of St. Petersburg, according to his press service and Russian outlets.
The quiet service for the 62-year-old was not attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is rumored to have been behind Wednesday’s apparent explosion that took down the private plane said to be carrying the rebel, six of his associates and three crew members.
The Kremlin has denied responsibility for the aviation disaster, and Putin last week offered his condolences to his former longtime ally’s family — although in an ominous statement that referenced Prigozhin’s “serious mistakes” and “complicated fate.”
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