Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed yesterday, Thursday, the nature of the work of the leader of the Wagner Military Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, when he offered condolences to the families of the victims of the plane crash he was on board.
Putin said in a televised statement during a meeting with the Russian-appointed leader of the Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin, that he had known Prigozhin since the early 1990s.
Putin added that the contribution of Wagner fighters to the war against what he described as “neo-Nazism will not be forgotten.”
Putin describes Prigozhin and his work in Africa
Putin said Prigozhin:
He was a talented human being and a talented businessman. However, he made mistakes. He worked and achieved results not only in Russia, but also abroad, including in Africa. He worked in Africa in the trade of oil, gas, precious metals and precious stones.
Recently returned from Africa
The Russian President indicated that Prigozhin had returned from Africa on the eve of the crash of the plane he was on board with a number of his companions, which fell in Tver province, north of Moscow, on Wednesday evening.
He explained that it is important to wait until the investigation committee into the plane crash has completed its work, pledging to proceed with the investigation of the facts “to the end,” according to the Russia Today news website.
And the Russian Civil Aviation Authority reported on Wednesday evening that there were 10 people, including 3 crew members, on board the plane that crashed in Wednesday County, noting that they were all killed.
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2023-08-25 05:27:45
