Yevgeny Prigozhin was a man of immense cruelty – he certainly won’t be mourned in the West
YEVGENY Prigozhin has been a dead man walking since his failed coup.
He was recently pictured in what appeared to be the Sahel region of Africa where his mercenary group Wagner operates.
People joked that he was in the desert because he was trying to stay away from windows from which he might mysteriously fall.
If reports of his death are true — and if it wasn’t an accident — then it’s confirmation that Russia is a gangster state.
If it was an assassination Vladimir Putin may not have been behind it.
Many of Russia’s oligarchs bear him ill will.
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Although Wagner is no longer fighting in Ukraine, Prigozhin’s demise would be a morale boost for Russia’s neighbours.
It increases the drama and uncertainty in the top echelons of the Russian government.
A criminal organiser and a man of immense cruelty, he certainly won’t be mourned in the West.