Wagner group’s Yevgeny Prigozhin reportedly died in private jet crash – if confirmed, it wouldn’t be first time someone who crossed Putin met a suspicious demise
The ConversationAPR 2023
Putin Breaks Silence on Wagner Boss Yevgeny Prigozhin
Image copyright:Â Kremlin Press Office [via Wikimedia Commons]
The Spin
Pro-Russia narrative
Prigozhin is a complicated character who made some mistakes, but also one who valiantly served Russia's interests. The cause of this tragic crash will be investigated to the fullest extent possible.
Anti-Russia narrative
After Prigozhin humiliated the dictatorial Putin by launching his failed mutiny, and then proceeded to roam around freely without prosecution, the question shouldn't be how he was killed, but how he survived so long in the first place.