If Prigozhin was not on board then we would likely hear from him. The last we saw of him was a video message from what appeared to be the African Sahel earlier in the week, promising in his words to make Russia "even greater" across all continents and Africa "even more free".Ĭlarity as to what exactly caused this plane to crash will most likely be a long time coming, if indeed we ever find out at all. Charges against him were dropped even as speculation raged that he would not and could not last long. Prigozhin seemed to be enjoying free passage around Russia and Belarus. Vladimir Putin was confronted with one of the most dangerous moments of his presidency and he vowed vengeance, but never delivered. It is two months to the day since Prigozhin launched his short-lived mutiny in Moscow, calling his men off when they were halfway there after intense mediation from the Belarusian leader. If their deaths are confirmed, that is the top ranks of the mercenary group's leadership gone, in one fell swoop. Russia's aviation agency has confirmed Yevgeny Prigozhin, his deputy Dmitry Utkin and his head of security, Valery Chekalov, were on board the Embraer jet that crashed just north of Moscow. There is certainly form in Russia for unpleasant ends. Stand up against, if not the Kremlin then still Russia's top military command, and your days are likely numbered. Perhaps it was always only ever going to be a matter of time.
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