Russian plane crash not the end of the Prigozhin story

The Wagner contracts in Africa remain a boon to Russia’s treasury, so it is unlikely that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private mercenary army will cease to exist.

Russian authorities say Wagner Group mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead following an Aug. 23 plane crash north of Moscow, but almost nothing in Russian politics is exactly as it seems, writes Scott Taylor. Screenshot courtesy of the BBC

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

August 28, 2023

OTTAWA—The startling news out of Russia last week was that a private jet carrying the notorious oligarch-warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin had plummeted from the sky just north of Moscow.

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