Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the mercenary Wagner Group chief who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin in June, died in a plane crash north of Moscow on Aug. 23. Russian authorities have confirmed his death, citing DNA testing of the bodies recovered from the crash site.
What to know about Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the former Wagner Group chief
By Kim Bellware
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Updated August 27, 2023 at 10:48 a.m. EDT|Published June 24, 2023 at 12:40 p.m. EDT