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According to President Vladimir Putin, explosive traces were detected in the remains of Wagner mercenary head Yevgeny Prigozhin and his crew after their plane crashed over Russia in August. Prigozhin’s plane crashed in August between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, two months after he staged a brief rebellion against Russia’s top military hierarchy. Critics of the Kremlin and Western countries have suspected collusion. Putin’s remarks were the first important update on Russia’s crash inquiry.
“The head of the Investigative Committee reported to me a few days ago,” Putin said at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club. “Fragments of hand grenades were found in the bodies of the victims of the air disaster. There was no external impact on the plane.” Russian investigators have said they are probing all possible scenarios surrounding the crash, including premeditated murder.
Putin chastised investigators on Thursday for failing to conduct alcohol and drug tests on Prigozhin
Putin chastised investigators on Thursday for failing to conduct alcohol and drug tests on Prigozhin and the other nine accident victims. He also claimed that five kilograms of cocaine were discovered at the Wagner offices following the mercenary group’s brief insurrection. “There was no alcohol blood test,” Putin claimed. “Even though we know that after the famous events in the (Wagner) company in Saint Petersburg, the FSB (security service) found not only 10 billion roubles ($100 million) in cash, but also five kilograms of cocaine,” Putin stated.
In June, Prigozhin spearheaded an armed uprising against Moscow’s military leadership, posing the most serious challenge to Putin’s two-decade rule. Putin praised him after the crash as a man who had made “serious mistakes in his life, but he achieved the right results.” The Kremlin has denied any involvement in the tragedy as retaliation for Wagner’s march on Moscow. Only on JioSaavn.com can you listen to the most recent tunes. Under Putin, Russia has a history of strange killings of Kremlin opponents.