A sneaky move at a Kremlin meeting may show why Putin took his time in eliminating Prigozhin

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People hang out portraits of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner's operations, as they pay tribute to them at the makeshift memorial in front of the PMC Wagner office in Novosibirsk, on August 24, 2023
Portraits of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin at a makeshift memorial at the Wagner office in Novosibirsk on August 24.

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Former Wagner fighters are having to find new careers. One started a 'Wagner Taxi' company using the group's logo.

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A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks out of PMC Wagner Center in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on November 4, 2022.

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Newly surfaced video of Wagner boss Prigozhin shows him joking about his own death days before his fatal plane crash

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner, gives an address in camouflage inside a vehicle at an unknown location, in this still image taken from video possibly shot in Africa and published August 31, 2023.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner, gives an address in camouflage inside a vehicle at an unknown location, in this still image taken from video possibly shot in Africa and published August

Ukrainian advisor says Prigozhin's death in a plane crash is a warning that there's no negotiating with Putin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, in July 2023.

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Wagner Group may be absorbed by the Russian Defense Ministry, which Prigozhin rallied against before his death. The mercenary group's current arrangement could 'disappear rather soon,' former GRU captain says.

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The PMC Wagner Center on November 4.

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Forensic tests prove Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash, Russian officials say

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Yevgeny Prigozhin issued a video address in late June.

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Old interview clip of Wagner chief Prigozhin sparks speculation about his death

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Prigozhin makes a speech after taking control of the Russian military's district headquarters at Rostov-on-Don, on June 24. The following day, his mutiny came to an end when he reportedly agreed to lay down his arms and go into exile in exchange for legal amnesty.

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A video claiming to show Prigozhin's jet plummeting from the sky and the plane's fiery wreckage could be starting points for an investigation into the crash — if a fair investigation is possible, aviation expert says

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A composite image of Prigozhin and a photo of the supposed crash site.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin once wrote a children's book that takes place in a land of tiny people

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Yevgeny Prigozhin at a foreign investors meeting in St. Petersburg in 2016.

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A deadly plane crash appears to have killed Wagner's top boss, but even without Prigozhin, the group likely isn't a 'chicken with its head cut off,' expert says

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Members of Wagner group sit atop of a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023.
Wagner's brief mutiny in June left multiple dead and destroyed several Russian military assets.

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