Yevgeny Prigozhin
It’s a long way to fall after boasting about winning the war against Ukraine and threatening to take over Europe.
Scores of Wagner fighters have reportedly been recruited to serve the interests of the Kremlin after the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The poorly understood Rodnovery pagan religion is at the heart of Wagner’s most notorious unit of fighters who want vengeance for their murdered leaders.
“If I were in his place, I would tell no one of my travel routes,” Russia’s most prominent propagandist, Vladimir Solovyov, warned the former Fox News host.
“For those discussing whether or not I’m alive... Everything is fine,” the mercenary boss said.
The Kremlin says Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane crash was no accident—and is already hinting that it may seek to place blame on the West.
“I think the country’s leadership could not forgive him,” an unnamed official told The Moscow Times.