‘Death is not the end, it’s just the beginning of something else,’ to which the Wagner chief replied, ‘Yes, we’ll all go to Hell, but in Hell we’ll be the best.’
Is Wagner chief Prigozhin still alive? Will he rise from the dead AGAIN? Putin’s chef was declared dead in 2019 plane crash only to reappear three days later… and was filmed with comrade also ‘killed’ in latest crash saying ‘death is not the end’
Yevgeny Prigozhin was declared dead in a plane crash in 2019 – and reappeared
Wagner plane crash: Latest updates on after Prigozhin death risks Russia mutiny
As reports swirl that feared Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin has been killed in a plane crash near Moscow, it has emerged the mercenary boss was declared dead in another aviation disaster in 2019 – only to reappear three days later.
Prigozhin has been listed as one of the 10 passengers onboard a doomed plane that crashed into a ball of flames, killing all on board, by Russian authorities – two months to the day after he led a short-lived munity against Moscow.
But there has still been no confirmation that Prigozhin, who has been a thorn in Vladimir Putin’s side since the Ukraine war began, has died in the plane crash.
And this is not the first time that Prigozhin has been declared dead in a plane crash only to reappear alive and well three days later – prompting some to question whether the Wagner warlord could ‘rise from the dead’ for a second time.
In October 2019, an An-27 military aircraft crashed with eight people on board in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was reported at the time that Prigozhin was onboard and among the dad – but it emerged three days later that he was alive.
And Keir Giles, from the think tank Chatham House, said it’s known that multiple individuals have changed their name to Yevgeny Prigozhin, as part of his efforts to obfuscate his travels and protect himself from assassination. ‘Let’s not be surprised if he pops up shortly in a new video from Africa,’ he said.
It comes as footage emerged of Prigozhin speaking with his Wagner deputy commander, who is also reportedly among the dead in the latest plane crash, saying ‘death is not the end’ and ‘we’ll all go to hell’.
Footage emerged of Prigozhin speaking with his Wagner deputy commander, who is also reportedly among the dead in the latest plane crash, saying ‘death is not the end’ and ‘we’ll all go to hell’
Prigozhin has been listed as one of the 10 passengers onboard a doomed plane that crashed into a ball of flames, killing all on board, by Russian authorities – two months to the day after he led a short-lived munity against Moscow
Emergency specialists carry a body bag near wreckages of the private jet linked to Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at the crash site in the Tver region, Russia, on Thursday
In the chilling video, Dmitry Utkin, told Prigozhin: ‘Death is not the end, it’s just the beginning of something else,’ to which the Wagner chief replied, ‘Yes, we’ll all go to Hell, but in Hell we’ll be the best.’
While there has been no official confirmation of Prigozhin’s death, the warlord’s supporters have claimed he is dead and hailed him a hero and patriot who they said had died at the hands of unidentified people it called ‘traitors to Russia’.
But the Investigative Committee of Russia, which is looking into the crash, this morning confirmed 10 people were killed in the crash with no mention of Prigozhin.
On Thursday morning, at the scene of the crash site, Russian officials stretchered black body bags from a forested area. Parts of the plane’s tail and other fragments lay on the ground near where forensic investigators had erected a tent.
Whoever or whatever was behind the crash, Prigozhin’s death would rid Putin of someone who had mounted the most serious challenge to the Russian leader’s authority since he came to power in 1999.
Others who have opposed Putin or his interests have also died under unclear circumstances or come close to death, including outspoken political leaders and journalists. The Kremlin has always denied any state involvement in such incidents.
Prigozhin’s death would also leave the Wagner Group, which incurred Putin’s wrath in June by staging an abortive armed mutiny against the army’s top brass, leaderless and raise questions about its future operations in Africa and elsewhere.
The Brazilian Embraer Legacy 600 model of executive jet that crashed has only recorded one accident in over 20 years of service, according to website International Aviation HQ, and it was not due to mechanical failure.
Embraer said it has complied with international sanctions imposed on Russia and had not provided maintenance for the aircraft since 2019.
The plane showed no sign of a problem until a precipitous drop in its final 30 seconds, according to flight-tracking data.
Law enforcement official raiding his St. Petersburg mansion uncovered fake passports and photos of Prigozhin in a variety of wigs, adding to earlier reports he had several lookalikes on his payroll whom he took on his travels to confuse potential enemies.
Even the notion of him dying in a plane crash is not new.
In October 2019, the warlord was reported to have been on a plane that crashed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With no sign of life from Prigozhin himself, it was left to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti to refute the reports, citing a person close to him as saying he had been in Russia at the time of the crash, not Africa, and was “very surprised, to be considered dead.”
The only certainty when it comes to Prigozhin is that it wouldn’t be beyond him to stage his death.
Law enforcement official raiding his St. Petersburg mansion uncovered fake passports and photos of Prigozhin in a variety of wigs, adding to earlier reports he had several lookalikes on his payroll | Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images
“It fits his style,” Christo Grozev, a journalist with the investigative website Bellingcat, told the Popular Politics YouTube channel run by allies of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Wednesday.
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