Russia’s Prigozhin buried quietly in hometown of St Petersburg

Overbearing in life but discreet in death, Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried quietly in a leafy cemetery on the outskirts of St Petersburg on Tuesday, six days after he was killed in an unexplained plane crash. The funeral took place away from the glare of the media and in stark contrast to the brazen, self-publicising style with which Prigozhin had fanned his reputation, in Russia and far beyond, for ruthlessness and ambition. “The farewell to Yevgeny Viktorovich took place in a closed format. Those who wish to say goodbye may visit Porokhovskoye cemetery,” his press service said in a short post on Telegram. Prigozhin, two top lieutenants of his Wagner group and four bodyguards were among 10 people who died when his Embraer Legacy 600 private jet crashed north of Moscow on Aug. 23. He died two months to the day after staging a brief mutiny against the defence establishment that posed the biggest challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule since he rose to power in 1999. Reuters photos and video late on Tuesday showed Prigozhin’s grave strewn with flowers in the wooded cemetery, with a strong presence nearby of police officers and members of the Rosgvardiya national guard. Independent news outlet Agentstvo quoted a cemetery employee as saying only 20 to 30 friends and family had attended the ceremony and that it lasted just 40 minutes.

via reuters: Russia’s Prigozhin buried quietly in hometown of St Petersburg

siehe auch: In kleiner Runde Prigoschin in Sankt Petersburg beerdigt Bis zuletzt war nicht bekannt, wo der Söldnerführer Jewgenij Prigoschin beigesetzt werden würde. Jetzt wurde er auf einem Friedhof am Stadtrand von Sankt Petersburg beerdigt. Wladimir Putin war nicht dabei. Die Beerdigung des russischen Söldnerführers Jewgenij Prigoschin, der in der vergangenen Woche bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben gekommen war, fand privat auf einem Friedhof am Rande seiner Heimatstadt Sankt Petersburg statt, teilte sein Pressedienst am Dienstag mit. »Der Abschied von Jewgenij Wiktorowitsch fand in geschlossener Runde statt. Wer sich verabschieden möchte, kann den Porochowskoje-Friedhof besuchen«, hieß es in einem kurzen Beitrag auf Telegram, dem ein Foto von Prigoschin beigefügt war. Zuvor hatte der Kreml bekannt gegeben, dass Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin nicht an der Beerdigung teilnimmt; Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin buried at St Petersburg cemetery. Secrecy had surrounded the funeral preparations for the Wagner mercenary boss who was killed in a aircraft crash on August 23. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group chief who died in a aircraft crash final week, has been buried at a cemetery on the outskirts of St Petersburg. The funeral occurred on Tuesday, away from the glare of the media and in stark distinction to the brazen, self-publicising type with which Prigozhin had fanned his status far past Russia for ruthlessness and ambition. “The farewell to Yevgeny Viktorovich occurred in a closed format. Those that want to say goodbye could go to Porokhovskoye cemetery,” his press service stated in a brief put up on Telegram. Footage revealed on social media confirmed Prigozhin’s darkish granite tombstone surrounded by a sea of flowers, principally pink roses, within the cemetery on the northeast fringe of his hometown. Secrecy had surrounded the funeral preparations for the Wagner mercenary boss who was killed in a aircraft crash on August 23, two months to the day after he staged a mutiny within the largest problem to President Vladimir Putin’s rule since he rose to energy in 1999.

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