Prigozhin was scrambling to salvage his business empire from Kremlin control in the days before his death, report says

• Yevgeny Prigozhin flew across African trying to salvage contracts there, the WSJ reported.
• But his mission came to an abrupt end when his plane crashed over Russia on Wednesday.
• Per the WSJ's investigation, Prigozhin was racing to stop the Kremlin dismantling his empire.

Yevgeny Prigozhin spent his final days crisscrossing Africa in a frantic attempt to protect his global business empire from Kremlin plans to take it over, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.