Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin: How 'Putin's chef' cooked his own goose
FirstpostThe establishment, which includes the military and the close supporters of President Putin, believed that Prigozhin went too far with his march to Moscow and his removal was a matter of time On 23 August 2023, Russian aviation officials said Yevgeny Prigozhin and nine other passengers died when a private plane flying between Moscow and St Petersburg, crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino, about halfway between Moscow and St Petersburg in the Tver region, North of Moscow. Prigozhin a wealthy businessman and convicted criminal, known as “Putin’s chef” had founded Wagner in 2014. At that stage it was said that the Wagner’s fighters could either join the regular Russian Army or go to Belarus with Prigozhin. Implications of Prigozhin’s death Though President Putin had called Prigozhin a “traitor,” but a lot of people were shocked at how soft Putin was toward him after the mutiny.