Some members of the Wagner Group mercenary military are blaming the Kremlin for the obvious loss of life of founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose airplane crashed Wednesday throughout a flight from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Along with Mr. Prigozhin, a one-time hotdog vendor turned rich oligarch, at the least 9 individuals are believed to have been killed when the enterprise jet went down. The crash victims included Valery Chekalov, the mercenary group’s logistics chief, and Wagner Group Cmdr. Dmitry Utkin.
The information website Readovka, which is believed to have hyperlinks to the Wagner Group, mentioned the mercenary group has a “mechanism of action” in place within the occasion of the deaths of Mr. Prigozhin or Mr. Utkin. Readovka reported {that a} Wagner Group “council of commanders” is assembly to resolve the following step.
While the official investigation of the crash is continuous, some rank-and-file Wagner Group fighters are apparently able to avenge the loss of life of their founder.
“We suspect Kremlin officials led by Putin in an attempt to kill him. If the information about the death of Prigozhin is confirmed, we will organize the second March of Justice to Moscow,” the Wagner Play channel on the Telegram social messaging website posted Thursday.
A one-time ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mr. Prigozhin fell out of favor after main an aborted mutiny in late June in opposition to the Kremlin’s navy leaders, together with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the final workers. While Mr. Prigozhin was allowed to relocate to Belarus with out expenses being filed in opposition to him, observers anticipated Mr. Putin — a former KGB officer — would ultimately precise revenge.
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