The Prigozhin plane crash — Putin’s revenge? | Start Here

Wagner Group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is presumed dead after a plane crash in Russia. Could this be Putin taking revenge for the mutiny Prigozhin led in June? And what will happen to the Wagner Group now? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains.

00:30 – Who was behind the Prigozhin plane crash?
01:12 – President Vladimir Putin’s reaction to Prigozhin’s mutiny in June 2023
02:59 – Suggestions that Ukraine could be behind the crash
03:50 – Does Prigozhin’s death make Putin stronger or weaker?
04:53 – What will happen to the Wagner Group now?
05:08 – The Wagner Group’s operations in Africa
05:36 – Dmitry Utkin is also thought to be dead
06:24 – How might loyal Wagner soldiers react to the death of Prigozhin?

This episode features:

Colin Clarke – Director of research, the Soufan Group
Sergey Markov – Former Russian MP and Putin advisor
Dmitry Babich – Russian political analyst
PJ Crowley – Former US assistant secretary of state for public affairs
Samuel Ramani – Associate fellow, RUSI
Patrick Bury – Senior lecturer in security, University of Bath
Nicolas Haque – Al Jazeera correspondent, Dakar, Senegal
Pavel Felgenhauer, Russian military analyst

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